Can employ with get into trade. we don t want to compromise on our toughness on trade. laura: this is a photo. this is what china unveiled in the last 24 hours. a picture of something called the magic island dredger. it s a marathon vessel. it s hard to see. it makes it easier for china to build those manmade islands and reclaiming what, victor, in the south china seas? to build islands to stage military exercises from. they announced that. they announced it before but now you see more of the military jet. a new super sonic jet. there is a picture. they pushed these images out to remind people china is on the rise. china 2025. they want to dominate every
Can employ with get into trade. we don t want to compromise on our toughness on trade. laura: this is a photo. this is what china unveiled in the last 24 hours. a picture of something called the magic island dredger. it s a marathon vessel. it s hard to see. it makes it easier for china to build those manmade islands and reclaiming what, victor, in the south china seas? to build islands to stage military exercises from. they announced that. they announced it before but now you see more of the military jet. a new super sonic jet. there is a picture. they pushed these images out to remind people china is on the rise. china 2025. they want to dominate every
To be addressed and are there any type of outside intrusions a cyber intrusion. the big question is how a ship with state of the art radar and communication systems gets hit by a tanker three times its size and a whole lot slower, shep. shepard: the u.s. getting heat from china over this, right? very true. the u.s.s. mccain was coming back from the south china see where it conducted a freedom navigation exercise near the manmade islands of china. the concern is that china will use them for military purposes and the chinese are none too pleased about the u.s. patrolling the waters. but the recent string of it s debts involving u.s. ships to allow china to turn the table accusing the u.s. of endangering maritime navigation and becoming a dangerous obstacle in asian waters. it s a bad time to have the mccain out of commission.
I also believe that we need there s two major security issues going on in the pacific. this is one. the other one is china trampling on our interests, south china sea as general mattis, secretary mattis mentioned. we need a comprehensive strategy to get china to reverse the militarization that they re doing, breaking international law and also trampling on our allies and our interests. and we should not use the cooperation that we want to have with them over north korea as a reason not to do that. eric: that is we should absolutely move forward on it. eric: that is a great point. they ve got those manmade islands which are being, we re told, militarized. this at the same time you ve got them watching over kim jong un. 45 seconds, it would take a missile to go right over the dmz toward 8,000 of our troops. it would be the prospects would be horrific. general jack keane, always good to see you. thank you. good talking to you, eric. eric: arthel? arthel: an emotional memorial toda
President trump took office, the u.s. navy approached one of china s manmade islands in the south china sea. a chinese defense official said a u.s. destroyer came 112 miles of the reefs. it s disputed area that kline says they own by building reefs and turning them into islands. a spokesman for the pentagon said the patrol was part of an ongoing program to challenge excessive maritime claims, but said that it isn t directed at any one country. if you re going to attack a reporter, like physically, maybe don t do it in front of other journalists. a congressional candidate failed to follow this advice and today it s his election day. i ll speak with the fox news reporter that watched it happen next.