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1/24/2013 Station Identification and Notice Board

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Barque: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT II, Named for the Oceanographer
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THURSDAYDAY JANUARY 24, 2013

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IN THE BLOG POSTS TODAY

British Minister Proposes Not Replacing Trident Submarines

USS GUARDIAN Has Professional Salavage Ship Steaming To Scene to Assist

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Remember links to all of the major on line maritime news services and our own headline service are in our NEWS SECTION. We do not attempt to post all of the important maritime news of the day on the NOTICE BOARD, just those items that we are following that few others appear to be following. For all the maritime news don't forget our NEWS SECTION. Look at the special interest sections to the right and click on "NEWS SECTION". In the NEWS SECTION today you can read about Russian munitions headed by ship to Syria and other maritime comings and goings, posturing and saber rattling.

IN THE NEWS:

HOW FAR WILL THE DRAGON SWIM? HE IS ALREADY WALKING ON THE FAR BEACH.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR OF WORDS OVER THE DISPUTED ISLANDS OF THE CHINA SEAS.

The Diautu / Senkaku Islands, the northern most disputed area aggressively claimed by the notorious swimming dragon

CHINA IS CASTING THE PHILIPPINES AS AN "INVADER"

(1) Yesterday we found an interesting video on the Internet that we have not been able to link our readers to. It was of Chinese origin, narrated in English with very high production values. It depicted all branches of the armed forces of the Philippines and believe us they looked professional and determined, and extremely well equipped. The theme of the video is that the Philippines is preparing to go to war with China, with the implication that the Philippines is the aggressor. Well we know the Philippine forces to be very professional and determined, and for the most part well equipped. The problem with the image projected in the video is the overall size. The Philippine armed forces are able to make it very costly for anyone to invade their homeland. Additionally the Philippines take their role as an alliance member and United Nations member and maintain a small set of expeditionary forces that are able to provide a credible and appreciated Philippine presence in joint allied and UN operations. However the Philippines armed forces are far too small to present to China any kind of invasive force. They have never even been regarded as a threat to smaller navies. It is rather clear that the "invasion" anticipated by China is simply the continued occupation and defense of smaller islands within the Philippine Exclusive economic zone or even territorial sea.

We don't deny that Philippine Forces are building up and reaching out for alliances, even with their former invader and occupier Japan. We have reported that in these pages. They do this because they fear that damn swimming dragon, who can't even seem to respect the Philippine beach. We wish we had only found one such screed floating around the Internet, but they seem to be multiplying. The Philippine EEZ and territorial sea is well surveyed and documented and is organized in accordance with the latest requirements of International Conference on the Law of the Sea. The few disputed areas are mostly rocks and shoals and could arguably be claimed by Vietnam. China makes claim on these disputed areas though having no territory nearly as close as Vietnam and the Philippines. As we demonstrated some time ago by linking you to the video of the event, the Chinese machine gunned to death Vietnamese sailors found in the area attempting to place their flag on a shoal. The Philippine Navy is not a force that could contend with China by itself, and certainly not capable of invading China, but it is capable of defeating the Vietnamese navy in days if not hours. But despite the disputes between the Philippines and Vietnam over certain areas, the Philippines have not responded with aggression.

Communist lie, they lie anytime it suits their purpose, and they believe that if you are going to lie, lie big. We are afraid that what we are seeing is China's preparation of the battle space by propaganda. When they move in on Philippine territory it will be after some period that is starting now where they lay a foundation for their ridiculous argument they they were invaded. After all what bigger lie can there be than a strong invasion force from hundreds of miles away is actually a defensive force repelling an invader. The world needs to wake up. The dragon can't be "invaded" when he is in the other guy's living room. The Chinese have grossly overestimated their naval readiness and are about to commit naval suicide. They have numbers but lack the doctrine, tactics, experience, and quality to best the Japanese much less any combined force.

CHINA IS CASTING THE U.S. AND JAPAN AS COLONIAL OCCUPIERS AND THREATENING MORE THAN NAVAL WAR.

Maybe the Chinese understand that they can't win the naval war. That might explain the other issue we first alerted you to yesterday, nuclear blackmail/ saber rattling.

(2) Colonel warns Australia to stay out of the coming conflict between China and Japan, expected to be backed by the United States. He appears to be warning of a probable escalation to a nuclear exchange, despite China's announced policy of "no first strike" in nuclear warfare.

Shun US 'tiger' and Japanese 'wolf', Chinese colonel warns

BEIJING: A Chinese military officer has raised the spectre of nuclear weapons and warned Australia not to side with the United States and Japan as a territorial dispute in the East China Sea continues to escalate.

America is the global tiger and Japan is Asia's wolf, and both are now madly biting China.
Colonel Liu Mingfu

Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu, of the National Defence University, blamed America’s ‘‘orchestration’’ and Japan’s ‘‘militarism’’ for rising tensions over disputed islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/shun-us-tiger-and-japanese-wolf-chinese-colonel-warns-20130122-2d52d.html#ixzz2IlW0HgfD

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THE PHILIPPINE'S LAST PEACEFUL STAND FOR TRUTH. CHINA'S LAST CHANCE TO PULL BACK FROM THE BRINK THEY CREATED.

Philippines Brings Maritime Dispute With China to UN Tribunal

The Philippines plans to challenge China’s maritime claims before a United Nations-endorsed tribunal, a move that may raise tensions as the two nations vie for oil, gas and fish resources in contested waters. Editors note: This move by the Philippines demonstrates their willingness to abide by neutrally determined international law. Hardly the stance of an "invader". Their application to a neutral tribunal at this time places their position as non aggressor squarely in the court of world opinion. If China has a case for the territory it claims why has it not filed a case? Will they answer the court or continue to invade Philippine waters and claim that the Philippine Coast Guard is "attacking" them in their sovereign territory.

“The Philippines has exhausted almost all political and diplomatic avenues for a peaceful negotiated settlement of its maritime dispute with China,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario told reporters in Manila yesterday. “To this day, a solution is elusive. We hope the arbitral proceedings shall bring this dispute to a durable solution.”

The Philippines is challenging China’s “nine-dash” map of the sea, first published in 1947, that extends hundreds of miles south from China’s Hainan Island to the equatorial waters off the coast of Borneo. China claims “indisputable sovereignty” over more than 100 small islands, atolls and reefs that form the Paracel and Spratly Islands.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-22/philippines-brings-maritime-dispute-with-china-to-un-tribunal.html

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THE USS GUARDIAN IS STILL AGROUND ON A PHILIPPINE MARITIME SANCTUARY CORAL REEF.

LATEST MEDIA COVERAGE INDICATES THE PROFESSIONAL SALVAGE VESSEL THE CIVILIAN MANNED USNS SALVOR IS EN-ROUTE TO THE SCENE AND WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE LATE TODAY. WEATHER MAY BE CLOSING IN AND LIMITING OPTIONS AND ENDANGERING THE SALVAGE EFFORT. THE SHIP MAY HAVE IGNORED RADIO WARNING FROM PHILIPPINE MARINE SANCTUARY RANGERS. AREA CHARTS MAY HAVE CONTAINED AN EIGHT NAUTICAL MILE ERROR ON THE REEF'S LOCATION. SCROLL BELOW THE STATION ID FOR OUR PAST AND LATEST COVERAGE.

USNS SALVOR coming to the rescue

Photos from Wikipedia Commons: USS GUARDIAN in better days

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