▲ 41 ▼ Russia and China conduct freedom of navigation exercises near Alaska (web.archive.org) submitted 3 years ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Meanwhile, in the real world You will learn nothing from this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I heard you the first time. They called it "highly provocative" (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically "arranged for missile launches"). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US's response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Retired military person called it provocative. Not the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) At a certain level "retired" is just for plausible deniability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I heard you the first time. They called it "highly provocative" (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically "arranged for missile launches"). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US's response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Retired military person called it provocative. Not the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) At a certain level "retired" is just for plausible deniability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I heard you the first time. They called it "highly provocative" (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically "arranged for missile launches"). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US's response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Retired military person called it provocative. Not the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) At a certain level "retired" is just for plausible deniability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Retired military person called it provocative. Not the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) At a certain level "retired" is just for plausible deniability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child) At a certain level "retired" is just for plausible deniability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence. permalink fedilink source parent