Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Sunday, December 05, 2021

Sunday Ship History: Operation Game Warden South Vietnam 1965- 1973

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"Firefight" by R. G. Smith; 1968 In an earlier post, we took a look at Operation Market Time which was meant to halt the influx o...
Wednesday, April 08, 2020

It Case You Didn't Know - The Government of China Lies About Almost Everything

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Case in point: China "Coast Guard" vessel runs down Vietnamese fishing boat. China claims fishing boat attacked the "Coast ...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

South China Sea: Vietnam Moves to Protect Its Interests

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If you are shocked by this, you haven't been paying attention. Reuters reports Exclusive: Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into di...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Screw FONOPS - Let's Play Hardball in the South China Sea

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The South China Sea is not now, nor should it ever become, a Chinese "lake." Allowing China to have its way in the region is ...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Threats to Shipping - including an act of aggression from a Chinese ship

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Most of the Office of Naval Intelligence World Wide Threat to Shipping report for 21 Jan 2016 is a rundown of the sordid side of criminal ...
Monday, August 10, 2015

South China Sea Bully: China's "People's War at Sea"

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Armed Chinese "fishermen" attack Vietnamese fishing boats as reported by Tuoi Tre News here : A Vietnamese fishing boat from the...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

Interesting Addition to the Office of Naval Intelligence's Worldwide Threats to Shipping Report: China

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From the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence's Worldwide Threats to Shipping Report of 30 July 2015 (pdf): SOUTH CHINA SEA...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Well, yeah - "China’s New Islands Are Clearly Military, U.S. Pacific Chief Says "

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Kevin Baron of DefenseOne reports "China’s New Islands Are Clearly Military, U.S. Pacific Chief Says" : “I believe those facil...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

CSIS South China Sea Conference

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Given the importance of the events happening in and around the South China Sea, it is good to see that you can view or listen to the Cente...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Fall of Vietnam - 40 years Ago and Lessons Learned

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I keep getting reminded that I am not as young as I feel. The latest blow was a spate of headlines (e.g. here and an PBS show ( "Last ...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

South China Sea: China and Vietnam Heat Up the Waters

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Headlines read Vietnam and China face off in South China Sea : Vietnam said on Wednesday a Chinese vessel intentionally rammed two of i...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Not a surprise: "Oil and gas will drive future control of the South China Sea"

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If you've been reading this blog, this will not come as a surprise to you, but if Robert Kaplan writes and talks about it, perhaps other...
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

South China Sea: China's Activity - Vietnam calls it "sabotage"

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With tip of the hat to Walter Russell Mead Chinese Sabotage in the South China Sea , it's off to the Chinese "Bad Neighbor Policy...
Friday, November 30, 2012

Pirates: Counter-Piracy Operations

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Multinational counter-piracy operations off the Somali coast are defined by reports like this one from Nov 21, 2012, EU Naval Force and Comb...
Monday, June 11, 2012

China: A Maritime Strategy

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From the China Daily, a Chinese view of maritime strategy in "Safeguard maritime rights and interests" : . . . China's mar...
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Monday, December 05, 2011

Asian Partnerships: India and Vietnam

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Interesting read from the Turkish Weekly analysis on the India-Vietnam Strategic Partnership Getting Stronger : The India-Vietnam Neighb...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

China and the South China Sea: Back to the "Cow's Tongue"

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Red dashed line is the "Cow's Tongue" There are a couple of things floating about the internet involving China and its asse...
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