Pentagon: US B-52s fly near artificial islands

Reuters reported on November 12 that the Pentagon announced that a US B-52 strategic bomber recently flew near artificial islands illegally built by China in the East Sea.

Satellite photo of Cross Reef in Vietnam's Truong Sa archipelago, which China illegally occupied and built. (Source: AFP)

Chinese ground controllers contacted the aircraft, but the B-52 "continued its mission."

Speaking at a press conference, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said: “I am aware of a B-52 flight. I am not even sure what day it occurred, but Chinese ground controllers attempted to communicate with that aircraft and the B-52 continued its mission...Nothing has changed.”

In late October, a US destroyer also entered the 12-nautical mile zone around an artificial island illegally built by China in the Truong Sa archipelago in the East Sea./.

According to Vietnam+