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US Navy Says China Creating An 'Umbrella' to Deny Washington 'Military Access' in Western Pacific


Source: tasnimnews.com tasnimnews.com
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A US Navy admiral on Wednesday accused Beijing of "challenging" its "military access" to the western Pacific Ocean by creating an "anti-access umbrella" and through the use of "grey zone" operations. Delivering a statement on the "posture of the US Navy" before the House Armed Services Committee, Admiral Michael M. Gilday, the chief of naval operations, expressed concern that the size of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) had "tripled" since 2000, Sputnik reported. "Over the past two decades, the PRC (People’s Republic of China) has built a comprehensive sea-denial, anti-access system of sophisticated sensors and long-range…

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