Oh really? What were we doing with the soviets for 40 years in all the oceans of the world.
Something does not smell right. Is this just a deception we allowed to happen? The soviets could not flush a toilet on a nuc sub in any ocean with us not knowing.
So how did a Chinese sub gets into the middle of an a naval exercises and know one knew it?
I have no idea, but the US government does not deny that it happened last year, and we are unsure if this is a new report.
I don’t think this is a new report, now that I think about it, and read other posts, which brings up the question of ‘Why bring it up, again, now?’
Hmmm.
I know the same thing happened to the Battle Group I was part of back in the 80's. We were off the coast of South Korea conducting war games. A submarine surfaced and the lookouts on my ship spotted it.
This sighting was reported to the Anti Submarine Warfare Commander for the Battle Group aboard the Flag Ship. They reported back not to worry basically, since this was a US sub that was part of the orange forces [simulated bad guys] that had been detected and sunk earlier that mourning.
Anyway 8 minutes after the sighting this sub decided to light off it's radar and low and behold it was the surface search/targeting radar of a Russian attack submarine.
You should have been there to see all of the excitement that caused. [grin]
Anyway I believe this story is rehashing an earlier story from a year or so ago.