ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΑΝΑΦΟΡΕΣ ΣΕ ΠΟΛΛΟΥΣ ΙΣΤΟΤΟΠΟΥΣ ΠΟΥ ΜΙΛΟΥΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΦΙΞΗ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΝΙΚΟΥ ΑΕΡΟΠΛΑΝΟΦΟΡΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ ΤΑΡΤΟΥΣ (ή ΑΛΛΟΥ) ΣΤΗΝ ΣΥΡΙΑ. ΟΛΟΙ ΑΥΤΟΙ ΟΙ ΙΣΤΟΤΟΠΟΙ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΩΣ ΠΗΓΗ ΑΝΑΦΟΡΑΣ ΤΟ ΕΒΡΑΙΚΟ "DEBKA" ΚΑΙ ΟΥΔΕΜΙΑ ΑΛΛΗ ΠΗΓΗ. ΕΠΙΠΛΕΟΝ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΩΡΑ ΔΕΝ ΕΧΕΙ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΗΣΕΙ (ΕΜΕΙΣ ΔΕΝ ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΓΝΩΣΤΕΣ ΝΑ ΕΧΕΙ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΗΣΕΙ) ΟΥΔΕΜΙΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΗ (ΦΩΤΟ, ΒΙΝΤΕΟ, ΔΟΡΥΦΟΡΙΚΗ ΑΠΕΙΚΟΝΙΣΗ) ΠΟΥ ΝΑ ΔΕΙΧΝΕΙ ΤΟ ΣΙΝΙΚΟ ΑΕΡΟΠΛΑΝΟΦΟΡΟ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΡΙΑ ή ΣΤΗ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟ ΓΕΝΙΚΑ. ΕΠΕΙΔΗ ΔΕΝ ΝΟΜΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΟΙ ΣΙΝΕΣ ΝΑ ΚΑΤΕΧΟΥΝ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΑΟΡΑΤΟΤΗΤΑΣ (ΟΠΩΣ ΟΙ ΚΛΙΓΚΟΝΣ ΣΤΗ ΔΗΜΟΦΙΛΗ ΣΕΙΡΑ ΣΤΑΡΤΡΕΚ) ή ΔΙΑΚΤΙΝΙΣΗΣ, ΟΥΤΕ ΝΟΜΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΠΩΣ ΜΕΤΕΤΡΕΨΑΝ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΩΣ ΤΟ Liaoning ΣΕ ΥΠΟΒΡΥΧΙΟ, ΕΜΕΙΣ ΔΕΝ ΠΙΣΤΕΥΟΥΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΙΣΡΑΗΛΙΝΟ ΙΣΤΟΤΟΠΟ. ΠΡΟΣΕΞΤΕ ΔΕΝ ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΟΥΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΕΥΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΝΙΚΟΥ ΑΕΡΟΠΛΑΝΟΦΟΡΟΥ. ΑΠΛΑ ΛΕΜΕ ΠΩΣ ΔΕΝ ΕΧΕΙ ΣΥΜΒΕΙ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΩΡΑ. ΕΑΝ ΕΣΕΙΣ ΕΧΕΤΕ ΤΕΤΟΙΕΣ ΑΠΤΕΣ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΕΙΣ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕ ΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΤΙΣ ΣΤΕΙΛΕΤΕ. ΤΟ ΟΛΟ ΘΕΜΑ ΚΡΙΝΕΤΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΕΜΑΣ ΥΨΙΣΤΗΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΙΚΗΣ ΣΗΜΑΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΑΝ ΕΠΙΒΕΒΑΙΩΘΕΙ Η ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΝΙΚΟΥ ΑΕΡΟΠΛΑΝΟΦΟΡΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟ, ΑΥΤΟ ΣΗΜΑΙΝΕΙ ΓΙΑ ΜΑΣ ΕΝΑΡΞΗ ΤΟΥ Γ.ΠΠ, ΟΠΩΣ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΞΑΝΑΓΡΑΨΕΙ.
A controversial Israeli website just doubled down on a dubious claim, leading with an “exclusive” graphic-splashed sea story on 2 October: “Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria.” “DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that China sent word to Moscow Friday, Oct. 2, that J-15 fighter bombers would shortly join the Russian air campaign,” the website claimed, without furnishing evidence. “The J-15 warplanes will take off from the Chinese Liaoning-CV-16 aircraft carrier, which reached Syrian shores on Sept. 26 (as DEBKAfile exclusively reported at the time). This will be a landmark event for Beijing: its first military operation in the Middle East as well the carrier’s first taste of action in conditions of real combat.” Perhaps grasping for politically-resonant (Putin-relevant) news, Pravda and other outlets have recirculated some of this misinformed content. Amazingly, however, no serious English-language sources have directly debunked this inaccurate reporting.
Never mind that there are no credible reports of Liaoning entering the region, and no images available of it in Syrian ports. Or that the U.S. Department of Defense and Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) do not judge the Ukrainian-derived carrier or its air wing ready for any such actions. (Liaoning “remains several years from becoming fully operational, and even then will offer relatively limited combat capability”). Or that, for all its growing pushiness and bullying behavior in the “Near Seas” (Yellow, East China, and South China Seas), China remains relatively cautious about the employment of military power overseas. Or that, for both these reasons, Beijing would be taking a tremendous risk in the eyes of the world. Or that China has a history of abstaining from controversial actions when Russia is clearly willing to act and take the heat. Or that, even if China were willing and able to conduct airstrikes with Liaoning, the carrier’s ski-jump configuration and the J-15’s apparently limited engine thrust would severely limit the weapons it could actually carry. Already, there has been an indirect Chinese denial of sorts. Senior Captain Zhang Junshe—former deputy director of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s strategic think tank and an influential, well-informed member of PLAN policy circles—has been quoted as stating “that reports of the Liaoning heading to the Mediterranean are ‘purely rumors.’”
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-main-mission-south-china-sea-not-syria-14012
http://sputniknews.com/world/20150928/1027641739/china-syria-aircraft-carrier-rumors.html
ΣΧΕΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΠΛΗΡΩΜΑ 23/10: Στελέχη του US Navy πάνω στο κινεζικό αεροπλανοφόρο
A controversial Israeli website just doubled down on a dubious claim, leading with an “exclusive” graphic-splashed sea story on 2 October: “Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria.” “DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that China sent word to Moscow Friday, Oct. 2, that J-15 fighter bombers would shortly join the Russian air campaign,” the website claimed, without furnishing evidence. “The J-15 warplanes will take off from the Chinese Liaoning-CV-16 aircraft carrier, which reached Syrian shores on Sept. 26 (as DEBKAfile exclusively reported at the time). This will be a landmark event for Beijing: its first military operation in the Middle East as well the carrier’s first taste of action in conditions of real combat.” Perhaps grasping for politically-resonant (Putin-relevant) news, Pravda and other outlets have recirculated some of this misinformed content. Amazingly, however, no serious English-language sources have directly debunked this inaccurate reporting.
Never mind that there are no credible reports of Liaoning entering the region, and no images available of it in Syrian ports. Or that the U.S. Department of Defense and Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) do not judge the Ukrainian-derived carrier or its air wing ready for any such actions. (Liaoning “remains several years from becoming fully operational, and even then will offer relatively limited combat capability”). Or that, for all its growing pushiness and bullying behavior in the “Near Seas” (Yellow, East China, and South China Seas), China remains relatively cautious about the employment of military power overseas. Or that, for both these reasons, Beijing would be taking a tremendous risk in the eyes of the world. Or that China has a history of abstaining from controversial actions when Russia is clearly willing to act and take the heat. Or that, even if China were willing and able to conduct airstrikes with Liaoning, the carrier’s ski-jump configuration and the J-15’s apparently limited engine thrust would severely limit the weapons it could actually carry. Already, there has been an indirect Chinese denial of sorts. Senior Captain Zhang Junshe—former deputy director of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s strategic think tank and an influential, well-informed member of PLAN policy circles—has been quoted as stating “that reports of the Liaoning heading to the Mediterranean are ‘purely rumors.’”
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-main-mission-south-china-sea-not-syria-14012
http://sputniknews.com/world/20150928/1027641739/china-syria-aircraft-carrier-rumors.html
ΣΧΕΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΠΛΗΡΩΜΑ 23/10: Στελέχη του US Navy πάνω στο κινεζικό αεροπλανοφόρο
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