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Originally published by ZeroHedge
The US Navy is reporting a second dangerous interaction and provocation by China’s military in less than a week, days after an American spy plane was approached very closely by a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea.
The Pentagon says that on Saturday the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting passage of the Taiwan Strait in international waters when a Chinese warship approached and maneuvered in “an unsafe maritime interaction”.
The Chinese vessel crossed the US destroyer’s bow at a distance of 150 yards, which forced the US Navy ship into evasive maneuvers for the sake of avoiding a collision.
“During the transit, PLA(N) LUYANG III DDG 132 (PRC LY 132) executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinity of Chung-Hoon,” the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s statement said. “The PRC LY 132 overtook Chung-Hoon on their port side and crossed their bow at 150 yards. Chung-Hoon maintained course and slowed to 10 kts to avoid a collision,” it described.
A second pass then came directly in front of the USS Chung-Hoon at a distance of 2,000 yards, with the Chinese warship then shadowing off the destroyer’s port bow.
“The LY 132’s closest point of approach was 150 yards and its actions violated the maritime ‘Rules of the Road’ of safe passage in international waters,” the US Navy statement underscored.
Parts of the incident were captured on video by Canadian journalists aboard the HMCS Montreal. The Canadian ship had been trailing the Chung-Hoon at some distance.
Interestingly, both sides are using the incident to accuse the other of “bullying” – with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin having said Saturday, “We will support our allies and partners as they defend themselves against coercion and bullying.” The Pentagon chief emphasized, “To be clear, we do not seek conflict or confrontation, but we will not flinch in the face of bullying or coercion.”
China’s military defended its warship’s actions, which comes after repeat warnings against the US cross ‘red lines’ regarding military support for self-ruled Taiwan:
China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.
In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn’t have any problems with “innocent passage” but that “we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation (patrols), that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation.”
The Chinese top military chief further urged the restoration of dialogue between the two rivals, stressing that a clash between the nuclear-armed powers US and China would be an “unbearable disaster for the world”.
hey usn just raise the globohomo rainbow flag that will scare them away.
the world should be happy that i am not the commander of that u.s. destroyer, because i would have sunk that chinese destroyer and if it would have started a world war: so be it!
die chinesen sind wirklich blöd. die sollten genauso schiffe nach kuba verlegen oder mexiko. dann mal sehen, was die usa macht.
i know you ukranian supporters have a desire to end you own lifes, you know been absolute losers how acomplishedanything in it, like most libtards in the west, but do you thin its even fair to end other peoples lifes in places that they have nothing to do with your stupidity just because you want ? i say a gun in the mouth would do the job for you
america looser, that’s what you are
ok keyboard warrior. you should be lucky if you can sink that small dick of yours into your mom.
there should be tighter laws concerning military vessels taking up international waters close to other nations. eg in the channel, la manche between france and the uk, warships should pass through and not continually anchor in the region. this is a small channel and not a terribly large one so there should be regulations for warships here, especially if they are not british or french.
the passing through or visits should be of short duration, unless agreed to by all other nations close by. military vessels should not be allowed into all international waters, they should be giving nations a wider berth than yachts, fishing vessels, cruisers and merchant vessels. the us abuses the rights of access to internatioal waters, constantly getting in chinas’s way.
military vessels should not enjoy exactly the same rights as merchant fishing and leisure craft.
as a child i remember that game with pictures which one doesn’t belong here, obvious to me the us navy doesn’t belong in that part of the world-the taiwan strait, international waters should be free to navigate but not to bully or subjugate like the american warmongers do, they literally try to drive a wedge between in essence peaceful people.
1.it’s not international waters, because a strait or a bay enclosed by shores of one country is internal aquatory of this country. that’s why middle part of ohotsk sea was recognized by the un as ter.waters of russia, this is preventing japanese fishermen from stealing bioresources and having regular tensions with russia’s border guards and even sinking some disobeying invaders from time to time.
taiwan is recognized as part of china. legal representative of china in the uno is prc, so it’s ter.waters of prc. 2.provocation is what the us with their minions do, same crap as they did ~2 years ago in the gulf of peter the great near vladivostok (primorie region) – entering internal waters under pretext it was international sea. vk.com/video-118620170_456240105
was war criminal kissinger on board the yankee ship triyng to do his bay off tonkin again?
only americans can say this and not be embarassed.
“the chinese provoked us in the south china sea. the russians provoked us in the black sea.” the only reason this is working for them is cause the americans do not know where any of those are.
antagonising and fighting chinese forces isn’t quite like fighting the libyan and iraqi armies. the us obviously know that the last time they squared up with china they got their arses kicked all the way back into south korea. the us are again pissing all over china’s back yard. that won’t last.
hey trolls. hacking this comment section isn’t going to make nato’s defeat any sweeter. it won’t alter the result either. watch out for those kinzhal’s. your little ‘command post’ could be next.
china needs to stop pretending the united states is a rational actor. whining and nagging like a woman will never work on psychopaths. only the language of violence is accepted by the united states and friends.