Before I begin, let me wish everyone a belated Happy Dead-Pirate Monday. I, for one, could not have been happier for the outcome of the pirate situation. I admit that I thought our “negotiations” were some sissy liberal tactic to reach and agreement with piratesterrorists at sea, but I was sooo wrong. In fact, I [...]
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China sending patrol boat to South China Sea.
China ups the ante in the tit-for-tat that’s going on in the South China Sea. Nearly a week after after we sent the Detroyer Chung-Hoon to escort the USNS Impeccable, China has decided to send a “large patrol boat” which belongs to the Chinese Fisheries Administration. From the article:
BEIJING: China has deployed a large fisheries [...]
Navy Destroyer sent to protect ship in Chinese incident.
On Wednesday, Navy officials sent the Guided-missile Destroyer Chung-Hoon to the South China Sea, in order to protect the USNS Impeccable from Chinese harassment. I fully expected us to back down and bring IMP back home, but I’m glad to see we’re reasserting our right to transit in international waters, and not giving in to [...]
PRC ships harass the USNS Impeccable.
When I read the OPREP-3 about this some days ago, I didn’t really think too much of it. Over the past few years, Chinese ships routinely shadow our ships, operating in international waters, in a manner that completely goes against all military courtesy and professionalism. In addition to that, they conduct aggressive fly-bys of our [...]