John McCain slaps Chinese Submarine!!

[Frame57]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I reckon the same question could be asked of every side....dependant on where your sympathies/loyalties lie.

Side A....What are the Chinese doing in the Philipines?

Side B....What are the US doing in Taiwanese waters?

The Chinese have finally found the location of Betty's B&B in Subic bay....

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Frame57

The Chinese have finally found the location of Betty's B&B in Subic bay....

How embarrassing for them should the sub have come across difficulties and been unable to surface resulting in a call for international help.

[desertisland]

Allowing a sub to come into collision range isn't exactly something to brag about, especially when you have a TA sonar.

[SteamWake]

USS John McCain is now 'shadowing' a NK 'freighter' believed to hold illegal cargo.

Cant find any news items on this yet but hit has to do with NK's sabre ratteling and could be a very tense situation. NK claims any attemp to board the freighter would be considered an act of war.

Press is finally catching up with this story

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...issiles-nukes/

[Jimbuna]

The apparent violation raises the question of how the United States and its allies will respond, particularly since the U.N. resolution does not have a lot of teeth to it.
The resolution would not allow the United States to board the ship forcibly. Rather, U.S. military would have to request permission to board -- a request North Korea is unlikely to grant.

You can never accuse the UN of lacking consistency anyway

[Max2147]

If a sub is that close to a towed array, the sonar operator ought to be able to determine the class of sub by the sound signature, no? If that's the case, we wouldn't have needed to see the sub surface to know its nationality.