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World War 3: China and Russia prepare to SHOOT down US missiles in North Korea stand-off
CHINA and Russia are preparing to shoot down US missiles as tensions mount over North Korea.
By Mark Chandler
PUBLISHED: 08:28, Sun, Nov 19, 2017 | UPDATED: 10:35, Sun, Nov 19, 2017
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The two states will hold anti-missile drills in Beijing next month as fears continue that Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions could spark World War 3.
China and Russia have both opposed to the basing of the cutting-edge US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in South Korea,
Seoul and Washington insist the system is required to defend against the threat of North Korean missiles.
But China, along with Russia, has repeatedly expressed opposition to the deployment, saying it will do nothing to help ease tension with Kim Jong-un’s sabre-rattling regime.
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China’s Defence Ministry said in a statement that drills would take place from December 11 to December 16.
The aim of the exercise was to jointly practice defence against missiles and how to handle “sudden and provocative attacks on the two countries’ territories by ballistic missiles and cruise missiles”, the ministry said.
Without elaborating further, it said: “The drill is not aimed at any third party.”
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Tensions are mounting with North Korea
While China and South Korea agreed last month to move beyond their year-long stand-off over THAAD, a dispute that has been devastating to South Korean businesses that rely on Chinese consumers, China has stuck to its opposition to the system.
China and Russia have close military and diplomatic ties, and they have repeatedly called for a peaceful, negotiated solution to the North Korea nuclear and missile crisis.
Yesterday, North Korea ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint US-South Korea military exercises continue.
Han Tae Song, North Korea's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, brushed off the new sanctions which the Trump administration has said it is preparing.
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"There are continued military exercises using nuclear assets as well as aircraft carriers, and strategic bombers and raising such kinds of military exercises against my country.
“The DPRK, my country, will continue to build-up its self-defence capability, the pivot of which is nuclear forces and capability for a triumphant strike as long as US and hostile forces keep up nuclear threat and blackmail.
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"Our country plans ultimate completion of the nuclear force,”
South Korea and the US agreed on Friday to keep working for a peaceful end to the North Korean nuclear crisis.
But a US envoy said it was difficult to gauge the reclusive North's intentions as there has been "no signal".
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China and Russia Train for War With U.S. if Trump Invades North Korea
By Tom O'Connor On 12/18/17 at 5:57 PM
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China and Russia may be devising a plan to attack U.S. forces in the event of an imminent war breaking out on the neighboring Korean Peninsula, according to two former military officials.
Lieutenant General Wang Hongguang, the former deputy commander of the western Nanjing Military Region, warned "the war on the Korean Peninsula might break out anytime between now and March next year"; his comments came during a conference hosted Saturday by ruling Communist Party newspaper The Global Times. The following day, the nationalist outlet expanded on the retired general's remarks with insight from Chinese military expert, commentator and author Song Zhongping, who said China could potentially engage U.S. forces if they posed a threat.
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"China should be psychologically prepared for a potential Korean war, and the Northeast China regions should be mobilized for that," Wang said Saturday, according to The Global Times. "Such mobilization is not to launch a war, but for defensive purposes."
Song, himself a former member of the Chinese military's Second Artillery Corps, which was later transformed into the Rocket Force, told The Global Times on Sunday that such "defensive purposes" would likely include contingency plans to retaliate against any breach of Chinese sovereignty by invading U.S. forces.
Soldiers assigned to an air assault brigade of the 83rd Group Army under the People's Liberation Army Central Theater Command drive "leopard cat" all-terrain assault vehicles to engage in combat with simulated enemies under fire support by helicopters during an assault, capture and control training exercise at a field training ground in the hinterland of China's Taihang mountains on December 16. China Military Online/Feng Yu
In a separate interview, Song also said that high-tech anti-missile drills held that same day by China and Russia in Beijing were actually a joint effort by the U.S.'s two leading military competitors to defend against a potential attack order by President Donald Trump, who has increasingly feuded with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un since taking office in January. Both China and Russia have joined the U.S. in condemning North Korea's nuclear and ballistic weapons arsenal, which the country argued was necessary to defend against a U.S. attempt to overthrow Kim, but Beijing and Moscow have staunchly opposed an expansionist U.S. military in the Asia-Pacific.
"The main target of the joint drills between China and Russia is the U.S., which has both ballistic and cruise missiles that could pose a real threat to both Beijing and Moscow," Song told the South China Morning Post on Sunday.
"Both China and Russia wanted to use these joint anti-missile drills for strategic deterrence. They want to push the U.S. to withdraw its Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) from the Korean peninsula," he added.
The U.S's THAAD anti-missile system became fully operational in South Korea earlier this year. The Pentagon has argued such missile defense is necessary to shield the U.S. ally from a potential missile attack by its northern rival, but China and Russia have criticized the apparatus for apparently undermining their own national security. As Trump's stance toward North Korea grew more militant, the U.S. leader has sent more military assets and has conducted more drills in the tense region, further infuriating China and Russia.
Chinese armed police and Russian national guards take part in a joint counterterrorism drill in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, China, on December 5. The leading military competitors to the U.S. have been growing closer in recent years and seek to limit Washington's influence abroad. Stringer/Reuters
China and Russia previously backed North Korea when the newly-established communist state went to war with South Korea, supported by the U.S. and U.N., in the early 1950s. The three-year battle, widely seen as the first clash of the Cold War, ended with an armistice establishing a demilitarized zone (DMZ) roughly along the pre-war border, but no peace between the warring neighbors.
While Kim continued to expand his U.N.-sanctioned arsenal inherited by his father and grandfather, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have both undergone their own historic initiatives to expand their military and political power across the globe. In Trump's "America first" national security strategy announced Monday, he denounced Kim's nuclear-armed "rogue regime," as well as China and Russia's attempts to "challenge American power, influence and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity."
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World War 3: China and Russia prepare to SHOOT down US missiles in North Korea stand-off
CHINA and Russia are preparing to shoot down US missiles as tensions mount over North Korea.
By Mark Chandler
PUBLISHED: 08:28, Sun, Nov 19, 2017 | UPDATED: 10:35, Sun, Nov 19, 2017
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The two states will hold anti-missile drills in Beijing next month as fears continue that Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions could spark World War 3.
China and Russia have both opposed to the basing of the cutting-edge US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in South Korea,
Seoul and Washington insist the system is required to defend against the threat of North Korean missiles.
But China, along with Russia, has repeatedly expressed opposition to the deployment, saying it will do nothing to help ease tension with Kim Jong-un’s sabre-rattling regime.
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China’s Defence Ministry said in a statement that drills would take place from December 11 to December 16.
The aim of the exercise was to jointly practice defence against missiles and how to handle “sudden and provocative attacks on the two countries’ territories by ballistic missiles and cruise missiles”, the ministry said.
Without elaborating further, it said: “The drill is not aimed at any third party.”
Tensions are mounting with North Korea
While China and South Korea agreed last month to move beyond their year-long stand-off over THAAD, a dispute that has been devastating to South Korean businesses that rely on Chinese consumers, China has stuck to its opposition to the system.
China and Russia have close military and diplomatic ties, and they have repeatedly called for a peaceful, negotiated solution to the North Korea nuclear and missile crisis.
Yesterday, North Korea ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint US-South Korea military exercises continue.
Han Tae Song, North Korea's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, brushed off the new sanctions which the Trump administration has said it is preparing.
Russia displays show of strength during latest military exercise
Wed, October 18, 2017
Play slideshow
Mikhail Japaridze/TASS
1 of 17
A serviceman of the Russian National Guard performs
"There are continued military exercises using nuclear assets as well as aircraft carriers, and strategic bombers and raising such kinds of military exercises against my country.
“The DPRK, my country, will continue to build-up its self-defence capability, the pivot of which is nuclear forces and capability for a triumphant strike as long as US and hostile forces keep up nuclear threat and blackmail.
NATO: North Korea is creating missiles capable of hitting Europe
"Our country plans ultimate completion of the nuclear force,”
South Korea and the US agreed on Friday to keep working for a peaceful end to the North Korean nuclear crisis.
But a US envoy said it was difficult to gauge the reclusive North's intentions as there has been "no signal".
Related articles
http://www.newsweek.com/china-could-fight-us-war-north-korea-breaks-out-751779
China and Russia Train for War With U.S. if Trump Invades North Korea
By Tom O'Connor On 12/18/17 at 5:57 PM
Share
World China Chinese Military U.S. Military North Korea Kim Jong Un Nuclear Weapons ICBM Donald Trump Xi Jinping
China and Russia may be devising a plan to attack U.S. forces in the event of an imminent war breaking out on the neighboring Korean Peninsula, according to two former military officials.
Lieutenant General Wang Hongguang, the former deputy commander of the western Nanjing Military Region, warned "the war on the Korean Peninsula might break out anytime between now and March next year"; his comments came during a conference hosted Saturday by ruling Communist Party newspaper The Global Times. The following day, the nationalist outlet expanded on the retired general's remarks with insight from Chinese military expert, commentator and author Song Zhongping, who said China could potentially engage U.S. forces if they posed a threat.
Related: Trump will make 'America First' by challenging Russia and China, taking on North Korea and Iran, defeating ISIS
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"China should be psychologically prepared for a potential Korean war, and the Northeast China regions should be mobilized for that," Wang said Saturday, according to The Global Times. "Such mobilization is not to launch a war, but for defensive purposes."
Song, himself a former member of the Chinese military's Second Artillery Corps, which was later transformed into the Rocket Force, told The Global Times on Sunday that such "defensive purposes" would likely include contingency plans to retaliate against any breach of Chinese sovereignty by invading U.S. forces.
In a separate interview, Song also said that high-tech anti-missile drills held that same day by China and Russia in Beijing were actually a joint effort by the U.S.'s two leading military competitors to defend against a potential attack order by President Donald Trump, who has increasingly feuded with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un since taking office in January. Both China and Russia have joined the U.S. in condemning North Korea's nuclear and ballistic weapons arsenal, which the country argued was necessary to defend against a U.S. attempt to overthrow Kim, but Beijing and Moscow have staunchly opposed an expansionist U.S. military in the Asia-Pacific.
"The main target of the joint drills between China and Russia is the U.S., which has both ballistic and cruise missiles that could pose a real threat to both Beijing and Moscow," Song told the South China Morning Post on Sunday.
"Both China and Russia wanted to use these joint anti-missile drills for strategic deterrence. They want to push the U.S. to withdraw its Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) from the Korean peninsula," he added.
The U.S's THAAD anti-missile system became fully operational in South Korea earlier this year. The Pentagon has argued such missile defense is necessary to shield the U.S. ally from a potential missile attack by its northern rival, but China and Russia have criticized the apparatus for apparently undermining their own national security. As Trump's stance toward North Korea grew more militant, the U.S. leader has sent more military assets and has conducted more drills in the tense region, further infuriating China and Russia.
China and Russia previously backed North Korea when the newly-established communist state went to war with South Korea, supported by the U.S. and U.N., in the early 1950s. The three-year battle, widely seen as the first clash of the Cold War, ended with an armistice establishing a demilitarized zone (DMZ) roughly along the pre-war border, but no peace between the warring neighbors.
While Kim continued to expand his U.N.-sanctioned arsenal inherited by his father and grandfather, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have both undergone their own historic initiatives to expand their military and political power across the globe. In Trump's "America first" national security strategy announced Monday, he denounced Kim's nuclear-armed "rogue regime," as well as China and Russia's attempts to "challenge American power, influence and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity."
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