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August
12-13-13, 10:29 PM
Got too close to the carrier?

A Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. guided missile warship to stop in international waters recently, causing a tense military standoff in the latest case of Chinese maritime harassment, according to defense officials. The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens, which recently took part in disaster relief operations in the Philippines, was confronted by Chinese warships in the South China Sea near Beijing’s new aircraft carrier Liaoning, according to officials familiar with the incident.
CaptainMattJ.
12-13-13, 11:06 PM
Link?
August
12-13-13, 11:36 PM
Link?

There's this thing called google but here ya go:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/13/chinese-naval-vessel-tries-to-force-us-warship-to-stop-in-international-waters/
Tribesman
12-14-13, 04:49 AM
So was it in international waters?
Was it in disputed waters?
Was it in what a nation claims are its territorial waters?

Ah I see now, the Cowpens was engaged in freedom of navigation operations intended to assert a right of passage through disputed waters.
It would be quite amazing if the Chinese hadn't challenged the vessel.
I do wish the navy wouldn't use the word "routine", its just so Tonkin
Oberon
12-14-13, 06:26 AM
I do wish the navy wouldn't use the word "routine", its just so Tonkin

No need to get so Mad-dox about it... :O:
Jimbuna
12-14-13, 06:41 AM
The Cowpens was conducting surveillance of the Liaoning at the time.

Obviously not something the Chinese appreciate.
Tribesman
12-14-13, 08:20 AM
No need to get so Mad-dox about it... :O:

But what is the Maine point in the article?
Oberon
12-14-13, 08:36 AM
But what is the Maine point in the article?

I tried reading it, but I got no Turner Joy out of it. :hmmm:
Tchocky
12-14-13, 08:50 AM
PUN RUN INCOMING
Dread Knot
12-14-13, 09:09 AM
The Cowpens eh? We must have a beef with the Chinese.

In science news China landed on the moon today.

http://www.universetoday.com/107169/chinas-change-3-moon-rover-descends-to-lower-orbit-sets-up-historic-soft-landing/

I hope there wasn't a collision with the Apollo lander.

http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/125838360_21n.jpg
em2nought
12-14-13, 10:32 AM
In science news China landed on the moon today.

http://www.universetoday.com/107169/chinas-change-3-moon-rover-descends-to-lower-orbit-sets-up-historic-soft-landing/

I hope there wasn't a collision with the Apollo lander.



That's all well and good, but what does Miley think about it? :har:
Oberon
12-14-13, 10:35 AM
That's all well and good, but what does Miley think about it? :har:

She's over the moon.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/234/772/71e.jpg

I'll get my coat....
Tribesman
12-14-13, 11:35 AM
She's over the moon.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/234/772/71e.jpg

I'll get my coat....
As Dean Martin put it, that's a moray.
Sailor Steve
12-14-13, 11:38 AM
There's an eel wind blowing through Subsim today.
Buddahaid
12-14-13, 12:29 PM
There's an eel wind blowing through Subsim today.
http://jeremiejordan.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/wind.jpg
Catfish
12-14-13, 02:22 PM
Spoken like a chinese, i found that eelie

http://eelslap.com/
mapuc
12-14-13, 03:14 PM
When reading this thread Skybird's own thread comes into mind

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=209856


I have hard to believe that USA is seeking a confrontation with China.

These bankers, or what you call them, know that it would mean bankruptcy if USA and China is turning into a full scale war.


Markus
Dread Knot
12-14-13, 03:19 PM
When reading this thread Skybird's own thread comes into mind

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=209856


I have hard to believe that USA is seeking a confrontation with China.

These bankers, or what you call them, know that it would mean bankruptcy if USA and China is turning into a full scale war.


Markus

During the many decades of the Cold War, games of chicken and even ramming between Soviet and US naval vessels weren't uncommon. I'm not saying it's great, but the world didn't blow up.
vienna
12-14-13, 03:22 PM
We're just not getting your puns here in the Pueblo...



<O>
Catfish
12-14-13, 03:58 PM
We're just not getting your puns here in the Pueblo...<O>

Come on, this with the chinese 'eelie' and 'eerie' was simple ?


But can you think of a relation between 'Cowpens' and Mubarak(s) :D
u crank
12-14-13, 04:21 PM
But can you think of a relation between 'Cowpens' and Mubarak(s) :D

:haha: That's somewhat amoosing.
THE_MASK
12-14-13, 05:31 PM
There's an eel wind blowing through Subsim today.That's terrible :haha:
August
12-14-13, 08:44 PM
During the many decades of the Cold War, games of chicken and even ramming between Soviet and US naval vessels weren't uncommon. I'm not saying it's great, but the world didn't blow up.

You're right but the world didn't blow up in spite of those shenanigans. They always had the potential to cause it.