Canada installs Chinese underwater monitoring devices next to US nuclear submarine base

South China Morning Post ^ | 10/22/2018 | Stephen Chen

[logi_cal869]

I'd prefer a Canada Free Press source, but this is what's available right now.

smh

[BenLurkin]

The devices were placed on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge by a remote-controlled submersible owned by the Canadian Coast Guard on June 27.

With friends like that.....

[Telepathic Intruder]

Canada declares war. A couple cub scouts with BB guns should be able to mop it up.

[steel_resolve]

Threaten their participation in the five eyes program- make them choose

[CIB-173RDABN]

Translation - China is placing submarine monitors around our sub bases so they will know when subs are deployed - Thanks Canada. /s

[PIF]

Re-translation: see visiting USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23).

[fruser1]

So an adversary gains a negligible increase in naval intelligence that is easily thwarted by the US if need be and the canucks make a few bucks in the process.

Nice to know but not losing sleep over this one.

[logi_cal869]

It’s interesting to consider that maybe Trump was acting upon knowledge he couldn’t tweet/talk about in his contentions dealings with Trudeau.

Still, this hasn’t made even blogosphere US news yet, to state nothing of the flailing msm...yet there’s nothing to frame this as other than what is reported: A reckless act by a supposed longtime ally.

I would hope the sensors “mysteriously fail” in the coming weeks...

[dead]

Canada has the more coastline to defend than any other nation on earth. More than the next three countries combined. Their land is full of natural resources like coal, gas, oil, timber, etc.

Yet, they have almost no significant military to speak of. Why is that? Because they live next door to the biggest benevolent tough guy on the planet, who has made it known that nobody's allowed to mess with our special little friend next door.

But if the slow little kid decides to egg our house or let his dog crap on our lawn, maybe we'll look the other way for a little while. Let him see what life is like defending himself. Remind him how this works.

[Brilliant]

Reading the article, it appears that the devices are intended as scientific devices rather than military.... At least that is what is claimed. I suspect that if they were not, then we would not be reading about it.

[logi_cal869]

Yup: Nothing to worry about. /s

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-chip-hack-1.4854530

[North Coast Conservative]

With the ChiComs and PLA everything is a military issue.

[Pearls Before Swine]

It’s for the fish, they’ll say.

[MarMema]

Or. Trudie could be sending a message.

[Hatteras]

Ahoy there!

Now hear this!

This is Henry Limpet speaking...

[Libloather]

Target practice.

[lowbridge]

And this time they wont have british troops to back them up. :-)

[Para-Ord.45]

Justin wants to play in the big leagues of realpolitik ?