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2009-03-13 -Obits-

China Condemns U.S. Warship Deployment as Tensions Mount

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Posted by Phineting Gleresing6936 2009-03-13 10:23|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Brief bio of US Rear Admiral Chung-Hoon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Pai%27ea_Chung-Hoon

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-03-13 13:29|| 2009-03-13 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 If the USNS Impeccable is operating illegally, then why not just sieze it instead of harassing it? And I hope the US has learned how to make the electronics and data stored completely useless given the Rivet-Joint incident a few years back, including microwaving the parts or incinerating them or whatever. The Chinese probably figure that since they got away with illegally harassing the Rivet-Joint into a controlled crash landing a few years back that they can do this all they want now. Some sort of moral loophole in the law. Until someone dies. Maybe.

Posted by gorb 2009-03-13 13:30|| 2009-03-13 13:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Man, that is one ugly boat...

http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=106&type=OceanSurveillanceShip

Mission is classified as "to directly support the Navy by using both passive and active low frequency sonar arrays to detect and track undersea threats".
Hunting for Chinese subs maybe?

Posted by tu3031 2009-03-13 13:44|| 2009-03-13 13:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone did die in that last incident.

Posted by .5MT 2009-03-13 13:45|| 2009-03-13 13:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I've never heard of Chung-Hoon until now. The greatest generation was just amazing.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Omavising9607 2009-03-13 14:29|| 2009-03-13 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 The 12 mile limit and freedom of the seas is a gweilo concept.

Posted by ed 2009-03-13 15:04|| 2009-03-13 15:04|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 The 12 mile limit and freedom of the seas is a gweilo concept. Posted by: ed

So is a thermonuclear weapon...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-03-13 20:19|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-13 20:19|| Front Page Top

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