Originally posted by: Specop 007
Question is, what was shadowing the Chinese sub?
The issue isnt the little cat and mouse games played by the militaries of the world. The issue is the fact we allow the Chinese to monitor our wargames and participate in them when theres a chance we could end up in a shooting war with them some day.
Not good to show your enemy your playbook.
True enough, but I submit that China is our strongest global ally at the moment, and as long as they strive to be an economic superpower, probably will remain so. Britain is near powerless, Germany and France are no friends, and Russia is publically hostile to US global influence. Only China has so much at stake with the US, it would be most foolhardy indeed to strain the lifeblood of their resurgence, their economic ties to the US, with some form of new cold war.
These wargames are played frequently by all capable navies. Remember, of all the people in the world, the fact remains that if you are in the navy, you have more in common with the guys in that other sub/ship, than anyone at home in either country. Navy men are a particularly brave and hearty bunch, as historically it's a fantastically dangerous job, and one that requires rigorous training and aptitude.
Tempest in a teapot to ruffle feathers over this. The distilled truth is that one of our ships was watched by one of theirs, when most likely one of our Los Angeles attack subs watched that one. All very friendly really. Naval manuevers such as that are as common as you and I breathing.
The real interesting aspect of this is how it got leaked to the press, and who stands to gain from this kind of fear-mongering.
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