The show of force highlights growing regional tensions as China asserts its military presence.

US nuclear-capable bombers joined Japanese fighter planes for a flight over the Sea of Japan, Tokyo said Thursday.

This comes a day after Chinese and Russian forces completed coordinated drills encircling Japan and South Korea.

“We confirmed the strong resolve of Japan and the United States not to allow any unilateral change of the status quo by force, as well as the readiness of the Self-Defense Forces and the US military,” Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Two US B-52 bombers joined three Japanese F-35 stealth fighters and three F-15 jets in the operation on Wednesday.

  • Paragone@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Meaningless posturing: once Trump snaps, then Trump won’t care one single photon about China’s butchering of Asia into being its property, its subjugated empire:

    the only thing that will be consuming Trump, is that there are still countries in the Americas which aren’t broken, under him, as HIS empire.

    The non-Chinese are going to be as the Tibetans are, under Chinese rule: finished.

    Trump’s US won’t back ANY US “ally”, when push comes to shove, in 2026: he’ll be waging war against them, instead…

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