Q posted watch the water, we assumed coastal CONUS but what about the Panama Canal? It is under control of china.
"...On January 16, 1997, the Panamanian National Legislature passed "Law 5" which granted Hutchison-Whampoa a lease to manage the locks of the Panama Canal using pilot boat crews which could consist of up to 25% of troops from the People's Liberation Army of China. These crews include harbor police boat crews for Port Balboa on the Pacific side of the canal and for Port Cristobel on the Atlantic side. By empowering this new Port Authority, Law 5 violates the 1997 Panama Canal treaty with the United States governing the order of passage for ships proceeding through the canal. No one in the Clinton administration has objected to this move by the country of Panama..."
http://holyhillcross.com/PANAMA.CANAL.htm
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/carter-obama-to-blame-for-chinas-control-of-canal/article_b02fbec1-7874-5250-81d2-80927ba4ac75.html
Q posted watch the water, we assumed coastal CONUS but what about the Panama Canal? It is under control of china.
"...On January 16, 1997, the Panamanian National Legislature passed "Law 5" which granted Hutchison-Whampoa a lease to manage the locks of the Panama Canal using pilot boat crews which could consist of up to 25% of troops from the People's Liberation Army of China. These crews include harbor police boat crews for Port Balboa on the Pacific side of the canal and for Port Cristobel on the Atlantic side. By empowering this new Port Authority, Law 5 violates the 1997 Panama Canal treaty with the United States governing the order of passage for ships proceeding through the canal. No one in the Clinton administration has objected to this move by the country of Panama..."
http://holyhillcross.com/PANAMA.CANAL.htm
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/carter-obama-to-blame-for-chinas-control-of-canal/article_b02fbec1-7874-5250-81d2-80927ba4ac75.html
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