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2018-10-02 China-Japan-Koreas

Chinese ship comes ‘within 45 yards' of US destroyer in South China Sea

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-02 08:09|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The clock is ticking on this one.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-02 08:18|| 2018-10-02 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Cue Fred Thompson in Hunt For Red October ("this business will get out of control.")

Shame on me, but my first reaction was that after the McCain and Fitzgerald incidents the Chinese captain had brass equipment to get that close to a USN ship. Somebody please tell me I'm wrong.

Posted by Matt 2018-10-02 13:59|| 2018-10-02 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Ditto Matt. Trump, Mattis, Pompeo, Bolton.... backing down, not in their DNA. I wonder how many will die before it gets shut down ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-02 15:17|| 2018-10-02 15:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not too worried. It's the non-warship encounter with the US Navy that I am worried about. What, they had two collisions last year or so?

Posted by Clem 2018-10-02 16:55|| 2018-10-02 16:55|| Front Page Top

#5 ...At fifty yards, they should have trained the forward 5" mount on the ChiCom's bridge and sounded the siren.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-02 19:15|| 2018-10-02 19:15|| Front Page Top

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