South China Sea: US Air Force ‘heads out again on search for Chinese submarines’
Taiwanese security source says American forces may have been responding to intelligence about the PLA Navy
Waters in the area may become the focus of more military attention, analyst says
Lawrence Chung
Published: 11:00pm, 26 Jun, 2020
Updated: 5:05am, 27 Jun, 2020
The US Air Force sent military planes to the Bashi Channel en route to the South China Sea for a sixth day in a row on Friday in what observers said was a mission to track mainland Chinese submarines.
The South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative, a mainland Chinese think tank under Peking University, said three American warplanes – a EP-3 reconnaissance plane, a P-8A anti-submarine aircraft and a KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft – appeared in the Bashi Channel between 10am and noon.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3090766/south-china-sea-us-air-force-heads-out-again-search-chinese
