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So you don’t have much of a problem of having our ships sailing into China’s back yard, international waters they may be?

Please qualify the international waters within which our ships may sail without "looking for trouble." To my knowldge, US ships sailing in international waters don't typically look for a fight or "trouble" as you name it.

If legal international waters is not an adequate definition of the areas within which our ships may sail, what should be?

How would you define the backyard we should stay out of? The legal definition, China's definition, our coastline?

Remember - there are people that want to make waters that are legally "international" their property.

[ChrisInAR]

Topsail explain the situation to me in post #86, so I take back that question (thank you, Topsail!).