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    Britain plans to send warship to South China Sea in move likely to irk Beijing

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing.

    Britain would increase its presence in the waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan in the region last year, he said.

    China claims most of the energy-rich sea where neighbors Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

    "We hope to send a warship to region next year. We have not finalised exactly where that deployment will take place but we won't be constrained by China from sailing through the South China Sea," Fallon told Reuters.

    "We have the right of freedom of navigation and we will exercise it."

    The presence of a British vessel threatens to stoke tensions, escalated by China's naval build-up and its increasingly assertive stance.

    The comments by Fallon came after Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the country's two new aircraft carriers would be sent to the region.

    Johnson did not specify where exactly the vessels would be sent once operational in 2020, though the presence of such firepower will likely heighten tensions in the region.

    China's construction of islands and military facilities in the South China Sea has stoked international condemnation, amid concern Beijing is seeking to restrict free movement and extend its strategic reach.

    Britain's move could also upset ties between London and Beijing, undermining efforts to shore up what the two governments have called a "golden era" in their relationship as Britain heads towards a divorce with the European Union.

    "We flew RAF Typhoons through the South China Sea last October and we will exercise that right whenever we next have the opportunity to do so, whenever we have ships or planes in the region," Fallon said.

    The United States estimates Beijing has added more than 3,200 acres (1,300 hectares) on seven features in the South China Sea over the past three years, building runways, ports, aircraft hangars and communications equipment.

    To counter the perceived Chinese aggression, the United States has conducted regular freedom of navigation exercises that have angered Beijing.

    Earlier this month, the United States sent two bombers over the region, coming just a few months after it sent a warship to carry out a maneuvering drill within 12 nautical miles of one of China's artificial islands.

    China has repeatedly denounced efforts by countries from outside the region to get involved in the South China Sea dispute.

    The South China Sea is expected to dominate a regional security meeting in Manila next week, where Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.

    Meeting ASEAN diplomats in Beijing on Wednesday, Wang told them both sides must "exclude disturbances on the South China Sea issue, and maintain positive momentum", China's Foreign Ministry said.

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    Blimey they must be wetting themselves!

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    Nice to see the UK tax payers money is being well
    spent. It's not the Chinks the UK need to be scared of,
    it's that frigging Putin whose threat numero uno to the
    U.K and most of Europe.

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    And we strongly condemn Putin's provocations with his fighter planes flying outside their territory

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    Malaysia is a commonwealth country?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    And we strongly condemn Putin's provocations with his fighter planes flying outside their territory
    A recent photo of Putin riding his camel toe on the Ukrainian border.


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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    Malaysia is a commonwealth country?
    Of course it fucking is, can't you remember when it was a colony, and we protected it during the CT emergency led by Chin Peng when it gained its independence in the 1950s......Virgin Soldiers et al, military bases in Singapore etc??

    Are you young?

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    £6.2 billion spent in order to piss the Chinese off.

    The wisdom of HM's government never ceases to amaze.

    Last edited by cyrille; 28-07-2017 at 12:17 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    Malaysia is a commonwealth country?
    Are you young?
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    It's called power projection and was once a common place activity for the Royal Navy, when it actually had a surface fleet worth of such projection.
    Wait until 2020 when the QE Carrier class comes online. Fitted for, but not necessarily with, airyplanes.

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    TH QE carrier will indeed be a major step forward but an obvious target for future cuts, they are expensive to operate with its own battle group to defend it.

    Fully support standing up to the Chinese, the countries in the conflict are being seduced by Chinese money and scared by threats. A lot of resources are at stake.

    Freedom of navigation and flag waving in foreign ports, traditional Royal Navy pursuits.

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    Fully support standing up to the Chinese, the countries in the conflict are being seduced by Chinese money and scared by threats. A lot of resources are at stake.
    Fully agree. Someone needs to stand up to the Chinese doing their best to be bullies. They would steal the food off your plate if you didn't stop them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezy View Post
    Fully support standing up to the Chinese, the countries in the conflict are being seduced by Chinese money and scared by threats. A lot of resources are at stake.
    Fully agree. Someone needs to stand up to the Chinese doing their best to be bullies. They would steal the food off your plate if you didn't stop them.

    Yes but look at it from the other way, there's no way anyone wants to steal food off a Chinese plate. Dog meat, horse penis and sharks fins. Dirty fookers.

    Someone needs to ship a sh1t load of Africans to China to interbreed with the Chink folk, to improve the size of Chink cock. When the yellow Chink has a black mans cock he will be happy with his lot and become peaceful.

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    Hehe the U.K. trying to do something with their widdle boatz.

    How edgy.

    How tough they are

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    I thought you were friends with the chinks, steel manufacturing and nuclear power plant comes to mind.
    When will you enter into a trade union with them?

    Oh, I see, that's another ministry.

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    I thought only the American Government was childish enough to sail/fly back and forth for no better reason than to say " na na na na na na."

    It'll be interesting when some low level Chinese commander loses his temper and orders one of these pointless missions shot down or sunk. What are the idiots in Washington or London going to do then?

    We allowed greedy corporations and investors to create militarily strong China by exporting jobs there, now we have to live with the monster we made.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick View Post
    Hehe the U.K. trying to do something with their widdle boatz.

    How edgy.

    How tough they are
    I'll have you know just a hundred years ago the Brits were feared by all but fools.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir
    I'll have you know just a hundred years ago the Brits were feared by all but fools.
    Hows that working out for ya nowadays

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    Quote Originally Posted by lom View Post
    I thought you were friends with the chinks, steel manufacturing and nuclear power plant comes to mind.
    When will you enter into a trade union with them?

    Oh, I see, that's another ministry.
    Ah yes, it seems HMgov have paid the French and Chinese >£10bn to control Britlands power over the coming years. Wish I could think like that and still breathe!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by jabir
    I'll have you know just a hundred years ago the Brits were feared by all but fools.
    Hows that working out for ya nowadays
    They still fear us, but nowadays tend to keep sharp objects away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir
    They still fear us
    Who does ?

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    ^ Tired of getting pwned in the healthcare thread so you decided to come over here?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilsonandson View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Geezy View Post
    Fully support standing up to the Chinese, the countries in the conflict are being seduced by Chinese money and scared by threats. A lot of resources are at stake.
    Fully agree. Someone needs to stand up to the Chinese doing their best to be bullies. They would steal the food off your plate if you didn't stop them.

    Yes but look at it from the other way, there's no way anyone wants to steal food off a Chinese plate. Dog meat, horse penis and sharks fins. Dirty fookers.

    Someone needs to ship a sh1t load of Africans to China to interbreed with the Chink folk, to improve the size of Chink cock. When the yellow Chink has a black mans cock he will be happy with his lot and become peaceful.
    Robust discussion is permitted and encouraged.
    Racism shouldn't be.
    Possibly you will amend your post accordingly...possibly.

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    Are they still flying that LGBT flag?

    Wouldn't be surprising at all

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