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welcome to the USS Global YouTube channel the repercussions of China's escalation continue to escalate Bal tops the premier Maritime focused annual military exercise in the Baltic region will begin in one week this exercise provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen the unified response capability that is critical to maintaining freedom of navigation and Sea ball Toops 24 brings together the largest Coalition of amphibious and mind countermeasures forces in ball Toops history vice admiral Thomas ishi commander of NATO Naval Strike and support forces strike for NATO and the said baltops 24 has been 75 years in the making it is the leading example of the strongest and most successful Alliance in world history this year we will deploy new capabilities and celebrate Sweden's place as the 32nd country to join the NATO allies as we deliver a clear message of deterrence ensuring peace and security for a billion people on both sides of the Atlantic participating countries include Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Greece Italy Latvia Lithuania Italy Italy lvia Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Romania Spain Sweden turkey the United Kingdom and the United States although Sweden has been participating in Bol Toops for over a decade it is noteworthy that this year will be the first time Sweden will participate in The Exorcist as a member State and NATO Alley ball Toops continues to be a Proving Ground for the alliance and is vital for developing the premise of interoperability with allies in partner countries in and around the Baltic Sea these countries will have a wide range of capabilities demonstrating the inherent flexibility of their Naval forces exercise scenarios include amphibious Gunnery anti-submarine anti-submarine air defense and mine clearance operations as well as explosive ordinance disposal unmanned underwater and surface vehicle exercises Response the exercise will be led by US Naval forces Europe Africa and the the US 6th Fleet with command and control by NATO's Naval Strike and support forces based in uras Portugal strick for's headquarters will host a large multinational Coalition of liaison officers from each participating country working together and bringing unique personal and National strengths to the center British royal Navy rear Admiral Craig Wood Deputy commander of strike forado will command the exercise control group wood said this will be the first iteration of ball Toops since NATO approved new and comprehensive War fighting plans for the defense of the region we look forward to all NATO's Baltic states participating fully demonstrating their unity and ability to work together seamlessly as members of Alliance ball Toops 24 is is also part of the US Department of defense's large scale Global exercise LSG exercise series LSG is an umbrella term that encompasses a variety of exercises and Military activities that allow the US Joint Forces to train with allies and partners and improve shared understanding trust and interoperability on security challenges around the world the exercise will be led by the US Navy Europe Africa us 6th Fleet with command and control by Naval Strike and support forces NATO headquartered in OAS Portugal meanwhile the annual NATO military exercise which this year focuses on amphibious operations and mine counter measures in the Baltic region kicks off this week with Sweden participating for the first time as a member of the alliance the 53rd iteration of the exercise begins on Friday and comes amid High tensions as Sweden and neighboring Finland join NATO leaving Russia as the only non-member among the nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea according to a statement from the US sixth Fleet and Naval Strike and support forces NATO strike for NATO Baltic operations 24 will include amphibious artillery anti-submarine air operations explosive ordinance disposal un demand underwater and surface vehicle exercises and Medical Response scenarios are also planned 20 NATO allies are participating in the exercise including Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Poland more than 50 ships and 85 aircraft and about 9,000 Personnel will participate in the event the Navy said although Sweden has been involved in Baltic operations or ball Toops for more than a decade its presid presence as a NATO member strengthens the alliance by sending a clear message of deterrence says vice admiral Thomas isi commander of the US NATO the kremlin's Baltic Fleet is based in kaliningrad Russia's only year-round ice-free Baltic Sea port experts have called on NATO to reassess its vulnerabilities in the region especially in the face of possible attacks on undersea infrastructure at a time when Moscow is seeking to exert influence in the region and protect its Maritime kenrad in a separate NATO statement yesterday the exercise will also involve Naval assets of the US indopacific command this means that for the first time in recent history an asset linked to the Pacific Campaign is operating in the US Navy's European theater of operations ball Toops will be led by the US Navy Euro Africa chart 6th Fleet and commanded by strike forato headquartered in weas Portugal meanwhile the US Navy's usus Georg Washington aircraft carrier on its itinerary for the South Seas 2024 deployment recently crossed the straight of mellan to participate in joint exercises with the Chilean Navy recently the Nimitz class ship together with its escort group completed joint Naval exercises with the Argentine and Brazilian navies in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday the Chilean Navy USS George Washington accompanied by the Destroyer USS Porter and the logistics ship John lenthal entered the Waters of the straight of mellin to Transit and reach the Pacific Ocean moreover the presence of the US Navy's Flagship ship in these Waters served as a meeting point with the first Chilean Navy assets deployed to receive it among them was the frigate almarante Blanco encalada which had previously navigated the southern Waters with the ocean Patrol ship marinero Alba according to the Chilean Navy the US Navy units accompanied by the frigate Blanco will pass through the straight of mellan to Punta Arenas where they will stay for several hours before resuming their navigation towards the Pacific Ocean alongside all this the Chinese military appears to be intensifying its efforts to recruit current and former Western fighter pilots using new and more sophisticated tactics to entrap expertise the US and some of its closest intelligence Partners issued a new warning on Wednesday warning that the people's Liberation Army pla is using private companies including corporate head hunters so that Western Pilots are unaware of links to the chin Chinese military until it is too late the aim according to a bulletin issued by the US UK Canada Australia and New Zealand known as the five eyes is for China to better train its own fighter pilots and at the same time gain better insights into how Western Air Forces operate it erods Western advantages and even Provide support for Chinese fighter jets in the event of a conflict the pla is recruiting through private companies based in South Africa and China and is trying to lure Western Pilots with lucrative salaries the bulletin said other recruitment efforts include utilizing personal acquaintances professional networking sites and online job platforms these similarly prevent any connection to the Chinese government or military an official from the US national Counter Intelligence and security Center issued the following we are issuing this joint bulletin today because this is a persistent threat that continues to evolve in response to Western countermeasures like any illegal organization trying to hide its activities there have been efforts to merge organizations companies in different locations under different names there have also been differences in recruitment sites and approaches it is critical that we inform our current and former soldiers about this threat that directed targets them the five eyes bulletin noted that China's recruitment efforts have targeted current and former military pilots from five eyes countries as well as France Germany and other countries the Chinese Embassy in Washington declined to comment on the allegations in the five eyes bulletin about pla efforts to recruit Western fighter pilots but it disputed accusations of improper Behavior by private companies with to China the embassy issued the following statement countries should not generalize and abuse the concept of National Security and denigrate the companies involved the embassy said that the normal commercial activities of companies should be respected and that the US accusations do not contribute to the healthy development of China us relations concerns about beijing's search for Western pilots and Aviation expertise are not new British defense officials have been sounding the alarm over China's efforts to recruit retired members of the British royal Air Force Through companies in South Africa since 2022 Australian defense officials raised similar concerns a month later warning that retired Australian military personnel have a permanent obligation to protect State secrets and that disclosure of any of these secrets is a crime Britain Australia and other five eyes members have also moved to thwart beijing's efforts the US for example last year imposed restrictions on 43 organizations linked to China's efforts to recruit and hire Western fighter pilots the targeted companies included a flight school in South Africa a security and Aviation company founded by a former US Navy SEAL operating in the United while such efforts have dampened beijing's efforts the United States and its intelligence Partners warn that China has responded aggressively and launched new recruitment efforts aimed at hiring not only former Western fighter pilots but also engineers and flight operations center Personnel who can provide insights to the pla in yesterday's bulletin current and former US military personnel approached with suspicious recruitment offic were advised to contact their respective FBI military personnel in other countries are encouraged to contact the agencies us ncsc director Michael Casey said pla recruitment efforts continue to improve the new warning is intended to highlight this persistent threat and deter current or former Western service members from actions that put their military colleagues at risk and erode our national security Casey added meanwhile taiwan's military will hold live fire drills simulating the repulsion of amphibious assaults by the Chinese people's Liberation Army pla the exercise scheduled for later this month will take place off the coast of Taiwan and at the defense outpost on Matsu Island near mainland China the move comes at a time when military analyst and experts have warned that the pla could potentially begin an invasion of the island nation with an assault taiwan's 14 beaches are seen as potential launching pads should beijing's reunification agenda become a reality the upcoming live fire drills are expected to involve landbased weapons such as anti-tank missiles and seaf fired machine guns the Taiwanese Navy will also participate in the event deploying its ship launched weapons in the waters off the southern city of kaung in response to China's increasing activity around Taiwan the island nation has also increased the frequency of its military exercises in preparation for a Invasion this week the eighth field command will launch an anti- Landing exercise on zishu beach near the tyan the sixth field command in Northern Taiwan will conduct a similar exercise on June 18th to protect the country's front before the end of the month the 10th field command will simulate attacks on Chinese warships Landing on kokuo Beach near the Central City of taung Taiwanese officials said the live fire drills will help strengthen the Island's combat Readiness against potential pla attacks from the sea unauthorized ships and aircraft approaching the exercise areas were advised to take a different route China continues to pressure Taiwan to reunify with the mainland saying Beijing will never stop using Force to achieve its goals according to us intelligence a Chinese Invasion could be launched in 2027 at the same time the United States has warned that Chinese policy is too weak to deter Beijing from further rhetoric despite repeated warnings from Washington the People's Republic of China PRC has intensified its aggressive actions against us allies in the Indo Pacific namely the Philippines and thawan in a not so subtle attack on the United States Chinese defense minister dong Jun renewed threats against unspecified foreign powers offering support to both Manila and Taipei Beijing but geopolitical analysts warned that defense secretary Lloyd Austin failed to respond to China's verbal attacks during his recent speech at the shangry LA dialogue Summit in Singapore delegate Justin bakell argued that Mr Austin's speech at the summit was too weak to deter China which has been markedly more belligerent towards the Philippines in its own language during the shangry LA dialogue and too strong to reassure some sou East Asian attendance in contrast dong Jung was more aggressive in her warning to Washington defense expert Jennifer said I interpret the message of his speech as we don't care what you think his speech included a series of threats to the region including a warning that Taiwanese separatists would be nailed to history's pillar of Shame and that countries that interfere with beijing's efforts to reunify with Taiwan on risk self-destruction Ms Parker noted that the Chinese Minister also signaled that his country would likely continue to ignore manila's claims to the disputed South China Sea the region is at the center of a bitter International dispute that has recently escalated into direct clashes between the Chinese Coast Guard and its Philippine counterpart Miss Parker said there was a clear disrespect for the Philippines the dispute centers on the sovereignty of the the second Thomas scha a submerged Reef in the spratley islands known to China as renia Manila argues that the SCH located less than 200 nautical miles from its Coast lies within its internationally recognized exclusive economic zone a 2016 International arbitration ruling invalidated China's extensive claims in the South China Sea on historical grounds the territorial disputes have strained relations and sparked fears that the conflict could drag China and the Philippines longtime Ally the United confrontation Washington does not claim any territory on the busy sea route a key global trade route but Philippine forces have warned that the Philippines must defend itself if its ships and aircraft come under armed attack in the South China Sea later in the day there was another very important development the South says North Korea appears to be sabotaging a railway within its borders as Kim Jong-un continues to order the removal of both physical and symbolic signs of past inter Korean cooperation any demolition underscores the expiration of a 2018 agreement to modernize the line and the reported dismantling is interpreted in the South as a symbolic gesture of the North's hostility Soul's National Intelligence service on Wednesday confirmed a report by the donga ilbo newspaper that railroad tracks on the dong ha Line near the eastern border had been partially demolished South Korea's spy agency said it was monitoring developments after a conservative newspaper citing a government Source said personnel in the North had removed railroad ties on its side of the military demarcation line the deao inter Korean border rectangular supports also known as cross sleepers or sleepers keep train tracks upright and at the correct spacing to keep them running the dong line in the East and the gongu line in the west were targeted for modernization as part of an agreement reached by Kim and his former South Korean counterpart Moon J in in 2018 the two railroads were restored following an inter Korean Summit in 2000 the first such meeting since the 1950 1953 Korean War however the railway plan fell through at the Kim Trump meeting in 2019 amid the fragile inter Korean peace process the crossb dong ha Railway has never been used except for a test run in 2007 and North Korea's decision to dismantle it seemed to Signal its belief that reconciliation with the South was unlikely dong a ilbo said the South Korean government saw the move as a measure according to the South's yon hop news agency Soul's unification Ministry recently said it expected Pyongyang to announce more visible moves to separate the two koreas including land and seab borders at a year-end Workers Party meeting Kim described north south relations as those of two enemy States in Jan anuary he declared South Korea the Archen enemy of his regime and ordered the Erasure of symbols of unification including monuments and stamps in April the South Korean military announced that North Korean troops had planted landmines and removed street lights on its side of the land gongu the roads were opened in 2004 and 2005 to facilitate possible future integration South Korean president Yun Su Yol formally approved his cabinet's decision the other day to suspend the 2018 agreement aimed at reducing tensions in the heavily fortified demilitarized zone this was a response to the North's dispatch of nearly 1,000 garbage carrying balloons to the Border South Korea's defense Ministry which resumed reconnaissance flights in the DMZ last year said all military activities would resume blaming the North in the process thank you for
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