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This is getting annoying:
In what a U.S. military official calls an “inadvertent encounter,” a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday.
The USS John S. McCain, left, anchored at the port of Incheon 40 km west of Seoul, Korea in March 2004.
The array was damaged, but the sub and the ship did not collide, the official said. A sonar array is a device towed behind a ship that listens and locates underwater sounds.
The incident occurred near Subic Bay off the coast of the Philippines.
The official, who declined to be named because the incident had not been made public, would not say whether the U.S. ship knew the submarine was that close to it.
It’s starting to feel more and more like the U.S.-Soviet relationship of the 1950s.
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Hey Yankee,
“It’s starting to feel more and more like the U.S.-Soviet relationship of the 1950s.”
Well-said. I hope we have the stomach for it in these times.
Wonder if the “alternative world view” will be very useful if our potential enemies (China, Russia) and sworn enemies (Iran, NK, Venezuela) are using the same old one….
June 13th, 2009 at 3:44 pmI am beginning to doubt this story. You would think that by now there would be more than a single CNN story floating around.
June 13th, 2009 at 3:45 pmUlrich,
Interesting you should say that. I had the same thought when I could find it nowhere else. But we shall see.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:00 pmWhoo! Whoo! Bring back the Cold War! At least it came with beer and peanuts……
And no general order number 1.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:08 amShades of the USS McCloy’s (FF-1038)encounter with a Victor III in Oct 1983 off Bermuda.
June 14th, 2009 at 8:10 amWhat if it was a collaborative training exercise that just got a little too competitive with no real harm done? Unlikely, but that is in the optimistic version of my own future state scenario/vision.
We have not been involved in a global shooting war (or an existential war) since 1945. It could be credibly argued that we (the US) has not been involved in an existential war since 1865. This is a good record that we should seek to continue. If we can’t we repeat the Pacific campaign from WWII.
V/R,
June 14th, 2009 at 8:11 amA word from China about the incident: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/15/content_8282359.htm also read the “Comments”.
June 15th, 2009 at 2:40 pm