# US warplanes defy Chinese air defence rules with B-52 flyover of disputed area **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855 "2013-11-26T20:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/101 "2013-12-04T15:20:01Z")
I don’t know it’s fair to say ‘the fear of god.’ They were unarmed Beefy-2s with the radar cross section of a planetoid. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/102 "2013-12-04T16:19:05Z")
That’s why I called them “Radar Whales”. We’re saying very clearly; “Hi, we’re here. This is a US Bomber. You can see it crossing your ‘zone’ all the way from Mars. Good Luck with that whole interdiction thing.” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/103 "2013-12-05T16:30:49Z")
Doggo, please learn how to use the Quote function. Your posts are a mess of pointless and confusing tags ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/104 "2013-12-05T19:19:54Z")
As I said, I view this situation much as Kruschev testing Kennedy in 1961. The “heathen chinee” are looking to confirm their thesis that Obama is a president who lacks power…this is a test which will either confirm or invalidate that thesis. China needs offshore oil, and laying claim to much of the South China sea will strengthen their claims to these resources. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/105 "2013-12-05T20:17:21Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > As I said, I view this situation much as Kruschev testing Kennedy in 1961. The “heathen chinee” are looking to confirm their thesis that Obama is a president who lacks power…this is a test which will either confirm or invalidate that thesis. > China needs offshore oil, and laying claim to much of the South China sea will strengthen their claims to these resources. This is absolutely penny-ante compared to the Cuban missile crisis. It’s an almost everyday occurence. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/106 "2013-12-05T21:03:03Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > As I said, I view this situation much as Kruschev testing Kennedy in 1961. The “heathen chinee” are looking to confirm their thesis that Obama is a president who lacks power…this is a test which will either confirm or invalidate that thesis. > China needs offshore oil, and laying claim to much of the South China sea will strengthen their claims to these resources. It takes a special degree of ideologically enforced ignorance to spout this kind of nonsense on the very day our Vice President is in China telling them in person that “That whole interdiction zone thing? That shit doesn’t fly.” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/107 "2013-12-05T21:42:05Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > As I said, I view this situation much as Kruschev testing Kennedy in 1961. The “heathen chinee” are looking to confirm their thesis that Obama is a president who lacks power…this is a test which will either confirm or invalidate that thesis. > China needs offshore oil, and laying claim to much of the South China sea will strengthen their claims to these resources. I hope Obama doesn’t take the bait and act weak, as weak as you seem to think he is. Let China move into whatever waters they want, and then POW! Foot in the crotch! ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/108 "2013-12-06T00:36:39Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I hope Obama doesn’t take the bait and act weak, as weak as you seem to think he is. Let China move into whatever waters they want, and then POW! Foot in the crotch! I’m not sure about how happy I would be with “foot in crotch” going on 5 hours from me. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/109 "2013-12-06T06:00:12Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It takes a special degree of ideologically enforced ignorance to spout this kind of nonsense on the very day our Vice President is in China telling them in person that “That whole interdiction zone thing? That shit doesn’t fly.” I hear you!😃 Sending the unflappable Joe Biden to China was an act of genius-the Chinese must be laughing their heads off at this.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855/110 "2013-12-06T07:40:20Z")
After Obama twice bailing out of Asia Pacific conferences in the past six months, allowing China to dominate a room filled with our allies, all because that meanie John Boehner was giving him a wedgie at home. > [@ralph124c](#): > > I hear you!😃 Sending the unflappable Joe Biden to China was an act of genius-the Chinese must be laughing their heads off at this.:rolleyes: Depends on which Joe Biden we’re talking about. We talkin’ Diamond Joe with the bitchin’ Camaro? Cause the Chinese gotta respect that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-warplanes-defy-chinese-air-defence-rules-with-b-52-flyover-of-disputed-area/674855.md?page=5)