[maui_hawaii]

Obviously they were there.

But in recent months and years even there have been numbers of reports of Chinese vessels encroaching on Japanese waters. At one point the Japanese even pursued them to some extent chasing them out of the water.

So, they come, and even the Japanese know that they are there...but the Chinese ALWAYS deny it. There is always accusation of Chinese spying... and this time they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

This leads me to believe that the Chinese vessel was lurking but ultimately got busted. Exactly how it went down we probably won't hear about.

Everyone knows there is not a chance in hell (at this point) that they will shoot at us....maybe at some point in the future...but not now...

So our guys just played the game along with them compelling them to surface.

I will admit to not being a military expert though.

[dgallo51]

In an ideal world, our technology would rule supreme. For our front-line forces in harm's way…there are major chinks (no pun intended) in our high tech armor. China's strategy, as would be mine, would be to focus unbelievable attention and resources at exploiting those weaknesses for maximum psychological effect…even hardened technology is a house of cards IF you know the precise pressure points and the right sequence. If you have time to kill, you might see if you can find a free ebook on The Art of War By Sun Tzu. Some strategies truly are timeless.

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
---General George S. Patton

[justa-hairyape]

If the original report about the Chinese avoiding detection were true, would that information itself not be..... Oops. There is a knock at the door. Got to run.