Where I have no intention to discuss the legality of the claims by either side, it is worth noting that the incident took place about 75 miles south of Sanya in Hainan Island, where a major Chinese naval base is located. In addition to surface combatants and conventional submarines, the base is said to be home to a Type 094 Jin class SSBN. You can see why the PLA Navy is feeling a little bit nervous about Impeccable's operation there.
A Chinese fishing boat near the USNS Impeccable
A PLA Navy officer monitoring the situation onboard the navy vessel nearby
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i think that the americans should explain to the chinese why the vessel was there
they changed the facts that a navy ship is near china doing operations
if a chinese ship was close to the US waters doing some kind of operation china would have to explain to
the americans are hypocrits
It is interesting to me how un-professional the PLAN actually is, I mean jumping around in their underwear, seriously?!
billy a.yonce, im pretty sure it was the people in the fishing vessel that were in their underwear. unless you consider fishing vessel PLAN vessel ;P, and you believe what CNN and BBC say, those propaganda media, do everything but tell the truth
lets say the us wasn't doing surveillance/spying near hainan and Paracels islands both held by china.
can you explain what where they doing in the yellow sea?
this is from fox news very right wing warmongering news channel.
Pentagon officials said the close encounter followed these other incidents last week:
- On Wednesday, a Chinese Bureau of Fisheries Patrol vessel used a high-intensity spotlight to illuminate the Victorious, an ocean surveillance ship, as it operated in the Yellow Sea, about 125 nautical miles from China's coast, the Pentagon said. The next day, a Chinese Y-12 maritime surveillance aircraft conducted 12 fly-bys of Victorious at an altitude of about 400 feet and a range of 500 yards.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/09/pentagon-chinese-ships-harassed-unarmed-navy-craft-international-waters/
this is american response:
Homeland and maritime security
Maritime security missions are coordinated through the Coast Guard Office of Law Enforcement, which is part of the Operations Directorate headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Coast Guard imposed restrictions on traffic in American waters. Vessels over 300 tons displacement must file notice within 96 hours of estimated time of arrival in American waters, or 24 hours for short voyages. Liquefied natural gas carriers are forbidden to enter American waters without escort and to anchor near major cities. Coast Guard and Auxiliary units patrol key harbors and waterfronts and intercept foreign merchant vessels for identification and crew checks. The Coast Guard stepped up patrols in waters near New York City and Washington in 2004 after receiving reports of increased threats.
Maritime security patrols increase in number and intensity around special events, such as the Super Bowl, national political conventions, and Independence Day celebrations. Such patrols were provided during the 2004 Republican Party national convention in New York City; the June 2004 G8 Summit at Sea Island, Georgia near Savannah, Ga.; and the January 20, 2005, presidential inauguration in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers of Washington, D.C.; and the funeral of former President Gerald R. Ford in January, 2007. In addition, following the July 7, 2005 London bombings, Coast Guard units were placed on a higher level of alert.
Coast Guard helicopters enforce temporary flight restriction zones in Rotary Wing Air Intercept missions with the North American Air Defense Command, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the United States Secret Service.
Proposed assets
As part of the Coast Guard's Deepwater program, cutters will carry 70 unarmed surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missions_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard
the Americans were in international waters and therefor free to do as they please, within limits.
if the Chinese do not want their radios to be listened to, they should stop broadcasting.
as for mapping the sea bed, in international waters, that's illegal?
i think not.
I think the Yanks were probably collecting intelligence of some sort, but then there was a Chinese intelligence collection ship there too, so everyone's watching everybody else, really. If it's in International waters, there's nothing anyone can do about it.
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