Thanks for the pics, Jeff. The surveillance plane paradigm fits, really. Any excuse to stop, board, or impound the vessel would have been a bonus for the Chinese over just disrupting operations. The captain and crew did well to avoid such.
Yes they did. This is not the 1st or 2nd or 3rd time that the Chinese have harrassed this ship...and you would expect that by now we would have something more beefy escorting her to warn the ChiComms off. They are harassing her because they know full well that she is capable of tagging their new submarines.