Posted on 10/01/2018 12:12:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A US Navy ship had an "unsafe" interaction with a Chinese warship Sunday while the US vessel was conducting a freedom of navigation operation near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, causing the US ship to maneuver "to prevent a collision," according to US defense officials.
"A (People's Republic of China) Luyang destroyer approached USS Decatur in an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South China Sea," Capt. Charles Brown, a spokesman for US Pacific Fleet, told CNN in a statement confirming the incident.
Brown said the Chinese warship "conducted a series of increasingly aggressive maneuvers accompanied by warnings for the Decatur to depart the area."
He added that the Chinese destroyer "approached within 45 yards" of the front of the US ship, adding that the Decatur "maneuvered to prevent a collision."
"Our forces will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows," he said.
This incident comes amid heightened US-China tensions over a broad range of issues. Chinese ships often shadow US vessels during freedom of navigation operations but those interactions are usually considered safe.
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How much of that technology did they get from SpyFi and the Clintons?
There’s a story about a trade show decades ago where some vendor was showing off some new material, the ingredients which he had in liquid form in various trays.
Along came a Chinese guy and chatted hin up, while that was going on the Chinese guy leaned over to get a better look at something on the table, his tie ‘accidentally’ fell into on of the liquid trays.
On leaving the booth, he immediately bagged his tie, and on returning to his hotel, boxed and shipped the tie off to mainland China for analysis.
So it all isn’t stealing, but a lot is clever trade-craft in places an venues one would least expect. All of these items, and so on, are part of Project 863 in China - the search for the next super-weapon (like the A-bomb was to WWII).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jQhnXrWbg
OK, not a Krivak, looks like one of the early gas turbine ASW corvettes.
I want to beat my chest and agree with you but I seem to remember some old story about Slick Willie and some shared missile technology.
Comdr. Ho Li Phuc and Lcdr. Bim Bop Ow in command of Chinese destroyer.
The provocative act was the US ship being in the 12 mile territorial waters. The Chinese boat forced the US boat out of Chinese waters.
This is a US violation of the Law of the Sea Treaty to which China is a party and the US is not a party to the treaty. The only 5 nations not a party are the US, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Iran.
The GOP has blocked both GW Bush and Obama efforts to ratify the treaty saying that the US has the worlds most powerful navy and can establish their own law of force.
Wasn’t he the pilot who buzzed our Orion p-3 back in 2001? the Chinese have a way of running into our equipment.
Yes
Read the other day that the guns on the Iowa battleships were disabled. They also haven’t been sealed & air conditioned to prevent corrosion. That stands to reason as the vessels are museum ships open to the public. The Iowa’s are not coming back.
They didn't have a female OOD who would have cried during the encounter.
Who took that pic?
Yeah. It makes my stomach hurt.
Rubbish.
Gaven & Johnson reefs are in the Spratly Islands claimed by not only China but also Vietnam, the Philippines & Taiwan, near waters also claimed by Brunei and Malaysia.
Map of South China Sea claims:
Are you a NeoCon?
Seems like just a perfect ‘oops, didn’t think it was loaded’ incident with a forward gun.
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