Submitted by: Donald Hank
Dir. of U.S. Navy Intelligence sacked for warning about China’s aggressive
designs
in East China Sea
Capt.
James Fanell
In February of this year, at the U.S. Naval Institute’s WEST 2014
conference,
Capt. James
Fanell, 52, the director of intelligence and information
operations at U.S. Pacific Fleet, said that the Chinese Navy was practicing for
a “short sharp war” against Japan.
According to Fanell, the PLA
Navy had been carrying out amphibious assault drills to practice taking
territory in the East China Sea, specifically the Senkaku or Diaoyu
islands that are claimed by both Japan and China. Once the
uninhabited islands come under Chinese control, the PLA could then attack
Okinawa to remove the facilities of the US Air Force and Marine Corps from the
island. (See my post “
U.S.
Navy intelligence chief: China training for a quick war
against Japan”)