Bottom line; the Impeccable had ears on one of Chinas new boomers (Survey ship, my ass. Thats a SURTASS vessel, sure as hell,) and someone up the PLAN totem pole told a zealous underling to see if they couldn't be made to go away.
As for destruction of the Impeccable's towed array, again... I dont buy it. How much do you think the Russians, or hell, how much do you think the PLAN wants a towed array from a SURTASS? Enough to risk starting a war over?
International waters = international waters. If you think the chinese and the russians dont do the same thing in international waters surrounding Pearl Harbor, you're fooling yourself.
Seriously, though. This IS how wars start. China needs to calm the hell down.
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