Sino-US Heat, Trump Calls Attempted 'Mass Murder'

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NEW YORK - The tension between China and the United States continues to increase. President Donald Trump, for the umpteenth time, has returned to attack China, which is considered to be the culprit for the emergence of a new type of corona virus on this earth.

Trump, who prefers his opinion via his Twitter account, is back throwing a hot ball at China. On Wednesday, May 20, Trump blamed Beijing for the "worldwide mass killings" of the coronavirus pandemic.

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"It is 'Chinese incompetence', and nothing else, that is carrying out this worldwide mass murder," the president wrote on his Twitter account.

This virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December. In an instant, this virus spread at high speed throughout the world, including Indonesia. In the United States, the number of positive cases infected with the virus has reached 1,532,974. Worldwide, 324,872 people have died.

US Air Force on standby

Far from Washington. Over the waters of the South China Sea, there is increasing activity from the United States Air Force. Reporting from the South China Morning Post, the US has increased the flight path of B-1B Lancer bombers over waters near China.

Quoted from Airspace, the US remains loyal to use the B-1B Lancer even though the latest Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber is being developed. Technically, the B-1B bomber was well-equipped to carry an external payload on the wings as well as in its long bomb bay. A variety of sophisticated ammunition can be integrated, including the use of hypersonic missiles as already mentioned. The B-1B's capacity can accommodate 24 units of weaponry. This number will increase to 40 units of weaponry by creating gun hangers on the bomber wings made by Rockwell International which is now part of Boeing.

To defuse the situation, US Air Forces argued the B-1 bombers were carrying out missions in the South China Sea, just days after training with the US Navy near Hawaii.