The Pentagon says the USNS Impeccable, a surveillance ship, was on routine patrol in the South China Sea.
A test, no more no less.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon said Monday that Chinese ships harassed a U.S. surveillance ship Sunday in the South China Sea in the latest of several instances of "increasingly aggressive conduct" in the past weekUnder wear?During the incident, five Chinese vessels "shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity to USNS Impeccable, in an apparent coordinated effort to harass the U.S. ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters," the Pentagon said in a written statement.
The crew members aboard the vessels, two of which were within 50 feet, waved Chinese flags and told the U.S. ship to leave the area, the statement said.
"Because the vessels' intentions were not known, Impeccable sprayed its fire hoses at one of the vessels in order to protect itself," the statement said. "The Chinese crewmembers disrobed to their underwear and continued closing to within 25 feet."
Lighten up. The Chinese were probably just trying to get some restaurant menus onto the ship. If we piss them off they might stop manufacturing; we'd be naked, living in the dark and stuck at home... without our Chinese TV sets or cell phones. Take the damn menus and order something.
ReplyDeleteSpraying them with water was a stupid move.
ReplyDeleteHow about try communicating like human beings next time
Tammy,
ReplyDeleteYour comment shows that you know very little about how the U.S. Military works.
hahaha, the mooned us!
ReplyDeletetammy,
ReplyDeletethe navy needed to scare them in a non-violent way, they did the right thing.
Anonymous,
yes they showed us their underpants.