The US Navy is reporting a second dangerous interaction and provocation by China’s military in less than a week, days after an American spy plane was approached very closely by a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea.
The Pentagon says that on Saturday the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting passage of the Taiwan Strait in international waters when a Chinese warship approached and maneuvered in “an unsafe maritime interaction”.
The Chinese vessel crossed the US destroyer’s bow at a distance of 150 yards, which forced the US Navy ship into evasive maneuvers for the sake of avoiding a collision.
“During the transit, PLA(N) LUYANG III DDG 132 (PRC LY 132) executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinity of Chung-Hoon,” the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s statement said. “The PRC LY 132 overtook Chung-Hoon on their port side and crossed their bow at 150 yards. Chung-Hoon maintained course and slowed to 10 kts to avoid a collision,” it described.
A second pass then came directly in front of the USS Chung-Hoon at a distance of 2,000 yards, with the Chinese warship then shadowing off the destroyer’s port bow.
“The LY 132’s closest point of approach was 150 yards and its actions violated the maritime ‘Rules of the Road’ of safe passage in international waters,” the US Navy statement underscored.
Parts of the incident were captured on video by Canadian journalists aboard the HMCS Montreal. The Canadian ship had been trailing the Chung-Hoon at some distance.
Interestingly, both sides are using the incident to accuse the other of “bullying” – with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin having said Saturday, “We will support our allies and partners as they defend themselves against coercion and bullying.” The Pentagon chief emphasized, “To be clear, we do not seek conflict or confrontation, but we will not flinch in the face of bullying or coercion.”
China’s military defended its warship’s actions, which comes after repeat warnings against the US cross ‘red lines’ regarding military support for self-ruled Taiwan:
China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.
In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn’t have any problems with “innocent passage” but that “we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation (patrols), that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation.”
The Chinese top military chief further urged the restoration of dialogue between the two rivals, stressing that a clash between the nuclear-armed powers US and China would be an “unbearable disaster for the world”.
What was the name of the sea where the Chinese provoked the American warplanes and an American warship?
The South China Sea?
Which part of international waters eludes you? If you wish to adhere to the “name it and claim it” philosophy, you might as well cede the entire Pacific to the CCP. EVERY nation with a navy conducts passages through areas that are considered open, but disputed locally by petty tyrants. And what the hell is “hegemony of passage”? Perhaps you’d prefer to emigrate to the utopian worker’s paradise of China, and shout party slogans to elevate your social credit score.
Okay Boomer.
Everything the light touches belongs to ZOG.
Funny shit the USSA isn’t used to people standing up to the bullying. Hope they stick it in Biden and the Jew warriors asses.
Yawn
Chung-Hoon???
WTF, right?
Chinese and Russians do not bluff. China is becoming increasingly confrontive, because China is fully prepared for war. US leadership is leading the US to total collapse and breakup.
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perhaps you guys are
commies
poo(h) sympathizers
traitors
unconcerned with protocols of long time duration
whemps
first cousins of bud light fag man?
no wonder womyn (what IS a woman) and sodomite/ pervert demons rule fusa.
so much easier to whine
talk “big”
perpetually asking=
what is your redline
which hill you gonna die on?
you all died decades ago.
else usa wouldn’t be fusa/ussa.
what happened to-
backbones
principles
character
bravery
honor
good triumphs over evil
evil whens win “men” go woosy?
fusa has become a land of worthless
EUNUCHS
Or,
put another way-
DILDOES
plastic/synthetic/artificial/faux/not real
pee nisses
may the ONE true G-d have mercy on your souls
Put on your parachute and defend the Fags Jews niggers and spicks
We already have a poet savant, but thanks for auditioning.
We’ll let you know if something opens up.
And your point is?
Another possibility…. I realize these are Chinese folk but the Asians are Asians and the Japanese make great cars but not very good drivers. Maybe the fellas in the Chinese boat just were not so great piloting the thing?
Video of Chinese ship helmswoman:
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.”
George Orwell
Was a Female at the helm or in charge of the U. S. Corporate Ship claiming a 150 yard approach on open water where it is hard to judge distance?
I hope the Chinese crew mooned the U. S. Ship as they passed in front of it.
The U. S. ALWAYS Claims the other Countries ships or planes maneuver dangerously.
Do U. S. Pilots and Captains try to stay far away because they are too scared to get close and intimidate the other Country?
All the incidents of Hazardous maneuvering happens near the Other Country and never near the U. S. Corporate Boarders.
If someone was sticking their nose in my business, I would get up close to drive them away before I get serious.
I seriously doubt that the Chinese ship was only 150 yards away.
If the Chinese ship really got within a few hundred yards of the Belligerent, the Chinese know their ships capabilities and have bold Captains.
We are DOOMED.
The video shows very little perspective.
I am anticipating a proper collision soon.
The US is looking weak, China seems to be losing patience with them and simply ramming a US ship is unlikely to escalate much, unless they somehow catastrophically sink it with all hands or such. It would be a big F.U. to the USA, with little real risk and little the USA could do about it politically or militarily. Would give some US Navy captains something to think about when playing chicken too.
We do live in interesting times.
A Chinese sailor was put in the brig for blinding the helmsman with a piece of dental floss.
The Captain said “We ah so solly Amelican pig dog, foh fross plank gone wong.”
How much longer before the Navy has ships named “USS Anal Rimjob” or “USS Power Bottom” ?
The USS Jack Reacher
Uss buggery, uss bj, uss why is this story so hard to read when both ships have Chinese sounding names
I’m sure china provoked it, but are we sure the us ship wasn’t distracted by one of those drag queen shows. One has to wonder