| Submit your comments on this article |
| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Chinese sub snuck up on USS Kitty Hawk |
| 2006-11-13 |
| Edited For Length A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned. Disclosure of the incident comes as Adm. Gary Roughead, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, is making his first visit to China. The four-star admiral was scheduled to meet senior Chinese military leaders during the weeklong visit, which began over the weekend. Made him lose face. Clearly the work of anti-US military faction. According to the defense officials, the Chinese Song-class diesel-powered attack submarine shadowed the Kitty Hawk undetected and surfaced within five miles of the carrier Oct. 26. The incident is a setback for the aggressive U.S.-China military exchange program being promoted by Adm. Fallon, who has made several visits to China in recent months in an attempt to develop closer ties. However, critics of the program in the Pentagon say China has not reciprocated and continues to deny U.S. military visitors access to key facilities, including a Beijing command center. In contrast, Chinese military visitors have been invited to military exercises and sensitive U.S. facilities. Surprise, surprise...this is exactly the Chinese national character that I know...sign a contract, make all the agreements, and then fail to live up to your end of the bargain. Additionally, military intelligence officials said Adm. Fallon has restricted U.S. intelligence-gathering activities against China, fearing that disclosure of the activities would upset relations with Beijing. Oh, yeah, because China isn't doing anything like that to us. Dumbass admiral. The Pentagon's latest annual report on Chinese military power stated that China is investing heavily in weapons designed "to interdict, at long ranges, aircraft carrier and expeditionary strike groups that might deploy to the western Pacific." Well, at least they're not stupid. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #8 Dog catches bus - now what will dog do? Bus doesn't care. |
| Posted by: Closh Slealing7392 2006-11-13 20:33 |
| #7 Thx Sam I was wondering how a Diesel sub caught up to a Carrier. But still wouldn't they ping the waves a few times to see if anyone was playing possum? I am not a navy guy so I am just asking. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-11-13 18:19 |
| #6 The current COMPACCOM, ADM Fallon, is a China appeaser. Fallon's concept of operation is basically a rendition of the old Soviet, Cold War detente CONOP: We'll show you how powerful we are, and how inferior you are...and then you will be persuaded not to confront us. In addition, his policy is to avoid the appearance of aggression such that another EP-3/Hainan incident would be impossible. Opinion? Someone is using this as a post-election, baseball bat against Fallon. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-11-13 17:02 |
| #5 A press release to make the Chinese look bad. Even if by luck they sat and waited for us we would know they are there. They are very lucky we did not sink them. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-13 14:47 |
| #4 This ChiCom behaviour should be made very expensive. Future incidents should be treated as acts of piracy and treated accordingly. Which these days I suppose means making the pirate crew landed immigrants and providing them with legal counsel. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2006-11-13 13:42 |
| #3 I'm a former ASWO. Diesel boats cannot make way fast enough submerged to catch up to a BG - morelikely, they were transiting back/forth from an exercise box to/from a night steaming box along a route they've already established and traveled several times before. The diesel boat would sit there waiting for them. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2006-11-13 11:31 |
| #2 A diesel-electric boat snuck up on a CBG? Unlikely. I'd be willing to bet they had a track on his ass, but they won't tell. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-11-13 10:27 |
| #1 If only we could convince Walmart to make an alliance with the United States we would have the Chinese economy in a headlock. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2006-11-13 09:59 |