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    The ships traveled close to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, but never entered U.S. territorial waters. The US threatened to nuke no one . No scene was caused. In other news…

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    Ok that was always allowed!

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    1 year ago

    archive’s link to wall street journal must be down. their credentials were blocked or something. Keeps saying “Continue reading your article with a WSJ subscription” both in your link above and after trying it again here: https://archive.is/AhWf1

    No dice. :(

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    In response, the US angrily condemned the move as “actions of aggressors looking to start a nuclear war that will cause the extinction of mankind”, and arranged for missile launches off the coast of their neighbouring country.

    Oh wait, wrong country…

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        Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.

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          I heard you the first time.

          They called it “highly provocative” (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically “arranged for missile launches”). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US’s response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking.