Russia and China conduct freedom of navigation exercises near Alaska (web.archive.org)

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[-] eyy@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

In response, the US angrily condemned the move as "actions of aggressors looking to start a nuclear war that will cause the extinction of mankind", and arranged for missile launches off the coast of their neighbouring country.

Oh wait, wrong country...

[-] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe they would be more on edge if Mexico was doing yearly military exercises with China at the Texas border, simulating an invasion of the US.

Oh wait, wrong country...

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile, in the real world

You will learn nothing from this.

[-] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I heard you the first time.

They called it "highly provocative" (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically "arranged for missile launches"). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US's response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking.