[Uriah_lost]

WE ARE NOT AT WAR WITH CHINA!
Why the hell would we let them know if we can see them or not?
You don't attack ships in international waters in peacetime. You let them play their games and wait for them to do something aggressive. Do you really believe that we didn't have a tail on them?
Sorry, I just get soo frustrated with people that jump to conclusions like that without an understanding of the facts.

[itsahoot]

Do you really believe that we didn't have a tail on them?

Well the Admiral of the fleet did, so I suggest you take it up with him.

You don't attack ships in international waters in peacetime.

December 7th, 1941.

Never mind that China is selling their technology.

[El Gato]

Why the hell would we let them know if we can see them or not?

Our uniformed military wouldn't. The information came via a leak from the five sided funny farm, reported by Bill Gertz, who is generally pretty good, and pretty accurate. Might have been deliberate misinformation.

Or the SSK might have sneaked up on batteries. Does seem unlikely though.