Posted on 10/22/2014 12:04:26 AM PDT by wetphoenix
China has installed 17 sets of submerged buoys in "key marine areas" of the western Pacific Ocean, state media said, a move that could exacerbate territorial tensions in the region.
The mission carried out by the Chinese research vessel Kexue "marks the first time that China has put an array of submerged buoys on such a big scale", the official Xinhua news agency reported late Tuesday.
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I’ll bet they’re just chock-full of salvageable electronic parts.
To listen to China, they own the Pacific.
sounds like great torpedo fodder
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