[af_vet_rr]

Interesting. I don't know that it's exactly newsworthy, I had just come across a few threads where people complained about people taking pictures of US Navy ships, that it was a security risk, etc., and then we have this. My view is, if the US Navy is worried about people taking photographs, the US Navy will make it quite clear.

[Incorrigible]

See this screen... This is where we track all your ships and subs.

See this ship... This is where we use that information to blast your ships and subs to the briny deep.

Any questions?

 

[reagan_fanatic]

I'm sure these Chinese 'tourists' are here strictly out of innocent curiousity and nothing more.

/sarc

[olezip]

To what extent are China, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and other communist countries giving USA officers tours of their military installations? Are we STUPID or what?

[Bringbackthedraft]

China showed a U.S. military delegation that visited the country in March antiquated planes and ships dating to the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...... They should take them on a tour of the Intrepid, the USAF museum at Dayton Ohio, and the Tank Park at Aberdeen MD. Tit for Tat.

[Zhang Fei]

Looks like a good chance for our intelligence operatives to have a crack at the cream of China's military. Although it has to be said that the vast majority of defectors tend to be walk-ins - i.e. they come in of their own accord rather than as the result of some recruitment effort. Still, it's nice to get the chance to tell potential recruits how to go about defecting if they should express any interest in doing so. We had a Chinese colonel come over just before the EP-3 spy plane incident. In fact, that defection might well have triggered the aggressive maneuvers against the EP-3.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

How do you keep people from taking photos of Navy Ships when they sail in and out of public harbors like Norfolk?

[JRios1968]

In 1995, I was finishing my assignment at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, the home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber. One of my last duties there was to organize an "Airpower Static Display," for a Russian delegation that was coming with then-SecDef Perry to witness the destruction of a Minuteman II missile silo.

On Friday afternoon, a B-52 and B-1 arrived at Whiteman...Saturday morning, the Russians and Perry arrived, jumped into helicopters and flew off to witness the implosion. As soon as they took off, my team went into action, towing a B-2 out of the hangar, and placing it between the B-1 and B-52, behind a cordon and surrounded with armed guards. An hour or so later, when the helicopters returned, the Russians were jumping out before they even touched the ground, and ran towards the B-2.

I can still remember the look on the guards' faces, and we were able to avoid an international incident, but not before one or two Russians had already climbed halfway into the B-2.

Yes, we (the USA) are stupid when it comes to such matters!

[RicocheT]

This Chinese military delegation will be programming the base locations into their GPS units for later targeting coordinates. They may share the data with N. Korea so the fall out from our retaliation is a bit more east of Beijing.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"China showed a U.S. military delegation that visited the country in March antiquated planes and ships dating to the late 1960s and early 1970s"

Navy Officer: "And here is one of our high end P-51 Mustang fighters. We are in the process of upgrading to the new F-4 Phantom jets. Pretty soon we expect to do some upgrades to our aircraft carrier Hornet to allow for simultaneous launch and recovery..."