Posted on 09/27/2022 8:03:17 AM PDT by BusterDog
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday.
But it turned out the cruiser wasn’t alone as it sailed about 86 miles (138 kilometers) north of Alaska’s Kiska Island, on Sept. 19.
The patrol boat, known as a cutter called Kimball, later discovered there were two other Chinese naval ships and four Russian naval vessels, including a destroyer, all in single formation.
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The best thing that could happen to the world is for China to go broke.
If the boat drivers are anything like the Chinese drivers around my neighborhood . . .
When I read about something like this, I always wonder if their was an attack sub hanging out with targeting solutions as the skipper writes up another training exercise completed by our guys as well.
The Russians and the Chinese are coming!
The Russians and the Chinese are coming!
These days I'm more worried about the FBI and the DOJ 'targeting' me than the Russians or Chinese.
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Later in the article it was noted that "This wasn’t the first time Chinese naval ships have sailed near Alaska waters. In September 2021, Coast Guard cutters in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean encountered Chinese ships, some about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the Aleutian Islands."
This patrol was anything but "routine". There was history and probably other indications that influenced its mission. JMHO
I believe there are multible subs on station.
A US Navy attack boat would have had firing solutions on the enemy surface ships and their submarine escorts.
The Chinese have a habit of squatting.
How near is Kiska Island to Prudoe Bay and other oil patches in Alaska? Joint China/Russia convoy. One result of the recent meeting in Samarkand? Both leaders have holed up for rest and planning? Lot to think/worry about!
True.🤔
Oh, good comment. The joint Russia/China naval convoy or task force or whatever it was takes on new meaning now after the incident in the Baltic Sea.
Here is another link I found about Russians and Chinese in the arctic seas near Alaska:
“The Coast Guard said Operation Frontier Sentinel guidelines call for meeting “presence with presence” when strategic competitors operate in and around US waters. The incident came a month after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned about China’s interest in the Arctic and Russia’s growing military build up there.
He said Russia had set up a new Arctic Command and has opened hundreds of new and former Soviet-era Arctic military sites, including deep-water ports and airfields. China has declared itself a “near Arctic” state, he added, and plans to build the world’s largest icebreaker.”
The interest is mainly in the huge and bountiful seafood resource which China would love to scoop up - all of it - with their thousands of commercial fishing vessels - which are also militarized.
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