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Southeast Asia
Cat and Mouse in the South China Sea
2009-06-15
Galrahn at Information Dissemination has some interesting thoughts on the issue of the Chinese sub hitting the towed array of the USS John McCain. Worth the read.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  just like the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) was hunting the submarine, the submarine was hunting the destroyer.

Or it could be (as one commenter there noted) that the submarine was attempting to snag the towed array and recover it for study. The Soviets had done that.

Galrahn has an okay website and lots of information/traffic. Most times, tho, he reads too much into things (or uses them to prop up his pet theories).
Posted by: Pappy   2009-06-15 18:50  

#1  ION WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC US AND VIETNAM TO BEGIN "POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY DIALOGUES". US MILITARY [USAF]WILL RETURN TO VIETNAM TO HELP THE VIETNAMESE [read, agz CHINA]???

* SAME > CHIN WILL PURCHASE RUSSIAN "BACKFIRE" BOMBERS FOR BASING ON HAINAN ISLAND. CHIN "BACKFIRES" MAY USE NUCLEAR-ARMED LR ANTI-CARRIER CRUISE MISSLES FOR WARTIME USE AGZ THE US NAVY CARRIER AND US FORCES ON/NEAR TAIWAN, THE PHILIPPINES, AND CHINA SEAS???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-06-15 03:26  

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