Posted on 07/31/2014 7:29:12 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
The lay-down-and-play-dead spirit being spread throughout the U.S. military under President Barack Obama’s watch now includes an open door for a Chinese spy ship trailing the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise currently underway off the coast of Hawaii.
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Guys a bit uninformed and over the top. Russian AGIs and ships trailed our formations all the time. Sometimes it even became a game trying to psyop them.
Tale is told of one of our ships in the 60’s painting an old washer grey and putting it topside near the mast - then every time the AGI tried to get a picture of the “new hardware” the ship would turn away to “prevent it”. Drove em bat s***. In the mean time the rest of the force went about their business.
International rules of the sea apply and in this case it’s just the Chinese are venturing further out then what they have in the past. My bigger concern would be if we are inviting them to participate directly in the exercise.
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