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| Chinese submarine collides with sonar array towed by U.S. Navy ship |
| 2009-06-12 |
| In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday. The array was damaged, but the sub and the ship did not collide, the official said. A sonar array is a radar towed behind a ship that listens and locates underwater sounds. The incident occurred near Subic Bay off the coast of the Philippines. The official, who declined to be named because the incident had not been made public, would not say whether the U.S. ship knew the submarine was that close to it. However, the Navy does not believe this was a deliberate incident of Chinese harassment, as it would have been extremely dangerous had the array gotten caught in the submarine's propellers. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 I think the Chinese sub was trailing the destroyer and zigged when it should have zagged. A mistake, but a risk taken by an aggressive sub captain. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-06-12 23:04 |
| #4 However, the Navy does not believe this was a deliberate incident of Chinese harassment, as it would have been extremely dangerous had the array gotten caught in the submarine's propellers. Someone is assuming the sub wasn't targeting the ship mistaking the array for its intended "intercourse". Recalling the incident shortly after Bush took office with the Navy aircraft and the Chinese one, an early test of the new President. Can you say 'international incident' boys and girls. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-12 22:55 |
| #3 Jeebus, just barely over an hour since my last post hour vee WMF. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-12 22:44 |
| #2 Unless the sub was deliberately trying to snag the array. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-06-12 22:23 |
| #1 Trolling for Chicom Subs. Heh. Should have been a gill net. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-06-12 21:05 |