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Pentagon: Chinese vessels harassed Navy ship
MSNBC ^

Posted on 03/09/2009 7:20:38 AM PDT by boughtwithaprice

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday that Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy vessel in what appeared to be an effort to harass the American crew.

The Obama administration is protesting to the Chinese government. The protest will be delivered to Beijing's military attache on Monday.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhochina; chicom; china; maritime; navy; ship; usnavy; usns
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To: Former Proud Canadian

I agree. I saw the caption “unarmed Navy ship” and wondered, why the hell do we even have a Navy ship without weapons or escort? It’s the freakin’ Navy! You know, SHIPS WITH WEAPONS!


141 posted on 03/09/2009 8:12:49 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

“Here we go.”

The Soviets tested a weak JFK with Cuban missiles....


142 posted on 03/09/2009 8:13:35 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I agree with Rick..)
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To: traumer
THAT should do it...

Delusions of grandeur among the PLAN.

Fact is that even at half of it's strength since Reagan, Seventh Fleet is still the biggest and toughest kid on that particular block.

What is lacking is decisive leadership on both sides of the aisle. i'm thinking an F/A-18 strike on that plane instead of an apology would have gone a long way to putting off several potential crisis in that region of the world.

143 posted on 03/09/2009 8:46:26 PM PDT by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: Keflavik76
Didn’t Russia just recently sink a Chinese ship that was in its territorial waters? I hardly would call this a test for Obama. Its comparable to giving the moon to your enemy. I though George W reacted poorly when the Chinese forced that recon plane to land early in his presidency and then stripped it of its electronic equipment. But you got to wonder what it will take for Obama to react to provocation.

The Russians are of a completely different mind set. They lost 20 million people to Hitler and the Nazis. The idea of "Protect the Rodina" is deeply ingrained in their actions.

If one so much as scraped the paint on an American warship or military vehicle, it was at one time considered to be Causus Beli. We should have lanuched an F/A-18 strike on that aircraft to make the point to all observers. In my view, it would have put off potential trouble in that region for a long time.

If some PLA Military intelligence people got hurt or killed in that strike, well...cost of doing that kind of business.

144 posted on 03/09/2009 8:51:41 PM PDT by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: topher
I still say the US Navy should build a dipping, active sonar... You don't have to penetrate thermal layers with active sonars if you are beneath them where the sub is...
145 posted on 03/09/2009 9:09:24 PM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Molson’s in the fridge and HNIC on the telly.. now thats sailing!


146 posted on 03/09/2009 10:29:22 PM PDT by rahbert
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To: FDNYRHEROES

looking at those fishing poles I’d guess it was a marlin retrieval ship.


147 posted on 03/09/2009 10:31:18 PM PDT by rahbert
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To: boughtwithaprice

Tag, we’re it, and Dear Leader is to far out of his depth he’s powerless to do anything about it but whine like a French president.


148 posted on 03/10/2009 4:39:12 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama is so far out of his depth he's in orbit.)
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To: stuartcr

During the last incident, there was a massive movement of men and materiel to Norfolk, and the people who counted in Washington in China knew about it.


149 posted on 03/10/2009 5:09:45 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama is so far out of his depth he's in orbit.)
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To: stuartcr

Yea, those USMMI cooks sucked. I sailed as a Comm tech for HTSC in the early 90’s.


150 posted on 03/10/2009 5:24:55 AM PDT by Shellback Chuck
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To: rahbert

No TV on the boat. But they did have a very nice 8 track tape player with a nice collection of tapes.


151 posted on 03/10/2009 5:43:47 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: topher

Do a search on SURTASS LFA


152 posted on 03/10/2009 5:56:17 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: cake_crumb

What came of it?


153 posted on 03/10/2009 5:56:59 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: Shellback Chuck

Possibly the worst ever, but you get what you pay for.


154 posted on 03/10/2009 5:57:45 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: Spirochete

Is that an F-22?


155 posted on 03/10/2009 11:39:52 AM PDT by SeminoleSoldier
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

How much heavy fighting could the IJSDF really handle? From what I’d read I thought they were still tied the the WWII limitations on their military.


156 posted on 03/10/2009 11:44:57 AM PDT by SeminoleSoldier
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To: SeminoleSoldier
Is that an F-22?

Yes it is :)

157 posted on 03/10/2009 12:53:09 PM PDT by Spirochete
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To: stuartcr
These ships are not equipped with the necessary berthing, crew quarters and support a detachment would require., besides, they stay out too long for most sailors.

Wow...I guess I really wasn't paying too much attention the 5 months I was there...

158 posted on 03/10/2009 2:20:49 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (In just 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: rahbert
looking at those fishing poles I’d guess it was a marlin retrieval ship.

Nope...but the occasional fresh Mahi Mahi right off the grill tasted pretty darn good...

159 posted on 03/10/2009 2:30:30 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (In just 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: boughtwithaprice

WWOD?


160 posted on 03/10/2009 3:12:34 PM PDT by Ancient Drive (will)
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