Chinese spy ship shadows U.S., Japanese, Indian naval drill in western Pacific

The Stennis, which has been followed by the Chinese ship since patrolling in the South China Sea, will sail apart from the other ships, acting as a “decoy” to draw it away from the eight-day naval exercise, a Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force officer said, declining to be identified because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Right, and this is called operational security, so I really have a hard time believing that any "officer" would share such information willingly.

If it is so, the military has an obligation to find out who is leaking the information.

I really have a hard time believing that any "officer" would share such information willingly

Don't forget the upcoming election.

Good job!

Keep provoking each other to the brink of WWIII.

garfield, that's exactly what they aim on doing. Both sides are using nationalism for their own needs. We could wind up with a new Cuban missle crisis.

garfield, that's exactly what they aim on doing. Both sides are using nationalism for their own needs. We could wind up with a new Cuban missle crisis.

And just where would who be bringing the missiles to whom, and what island?

Looks like America needs a submersible aircraft carrier that can disappear beneath the waves. Wouldn't that be cool, US taxpayers?

You Don't Need Submersible Aircraft Carriers that's what the missile launchers on Subs are for They can carry Surface to air or underwater to air Nuclear or conventional . All this money used in these exercises should be used to fix up poverty in this world instead of creating more poverty , by stupid actions of claiming disputed waters because of the minerals and gas below it .Its time to forget the fighting bit and negotiate shared mining with all local countries gaining from sales and employment of their respective countries collective . This would work if They wanted to truly settle these issues for ever .This would Help this area prosper for a very long time. No more poverty full time work = building housing infrastructure councils exports and best of all for the governments Taxes .

Eye spy with my little eye ...

@M3M3M3, flying carriers with cloaking systems!

, by stupid actions of claiming disputed waters because of the minerals and gas below it .Its time to forget the fighting bit and negotiate shared mining with all local countries gaining from sales and employment of their respective countries collective . This would work if They wanted to truly settle these issues for ever .This would Help this area prosper for a very long time. No more poverty full time work = building housing infrastructure councils exports and best of all for the governments Taxes .

Sad but true, yet none lives in the utopian world that you envision here.

Hope everyone stopped to smile and wave.

@ M3M3M3Jun. 15, 2016 - 03:05PM JST 'Looks like America needs a submersible aircraft carrier that can disappear beneath the waves. Wouldn't that be cool, US taxpayers?'. No new money involved - they already have ten (or nineteen, depending on definition) submersible aircraft carriers, that can (and are highly likely to) disappear beneath the waves, courtesy of anti-ship missiles.

This is one of my favourite soap operas. The same basic story reinvented ad infinitum et ultra.

the US should must give the order to blow that junk out of the water once and for all.

Wouldn't it be great if all the aircraft carriers, destroyers and other weapons of mass destruction, American, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, etc., ALL disappeared beneath the waves. Preferably taking the politicians and their string pullers with them.

Then we could all get on with our lives.

the US should must give the order to blow that junk out of the water once and for all.

. . . . "Sir, request permission to fire one across that chinese ship's bow . . . "

Can't understand what all this fuss about. Chinese spy on US exercises, US spy on Chinese exercises. Business as usual.

the US should must give the order to blow that junk out of the water once and for all

Not very clever way to deal with a nuclear power. What order Chinese can give in retaliation?

Not very clever way to deal with a nuclear power.

. . . . the US blew-up their embassy to kingdom come back in '99 in Yugoslavia. Accident supposedly. They didn't do much to retaliate.

. . . . the US blew-up their embassy to kingdom come back in '99 in Yugoslavia. Accident supposedly. They didn't do much to retaliate.

That's because the US paid a huge sum for compensation and a brand new embassy.

And just where would who be bringing the missiles to whom, and what island?

The missile crisis refers to a standoff of any sort between 2 nuclear superpowers. Doesn't have to be someone literally bringing missiles to an island.

It would actually have been more surprising had the Chinese done nothing. They did what any country would have done if several foreign navies were engaged in drills close to their territorial waters.