China just conquer an unmanned underwater vehicle operate by the US Navy , according to reportsfrom Reuters . The gaining control come about in the South China Sea yesterday , and the US has since require that the vehicle be come back .
Reuters is reporting that the vehicle was assume just northwest of the Subic Bay , briefly before the USNS Bowditch was about to pick up the remote-controlled vehicle . Reuters qualify the Navy ship that was going to intercept the remote-controlled vehicle as an “ oceanographic study ship , ” and the BBC cite an unidentified Navy seed as saying that the unmanned fomite is “ used to test weewee saltiness and temperature . ”
The seizure is unprecedented in the South China Sea and will likely only increase the tension that have been simmer follow President - elect Donald Trump’scall to the president of Taiwan . China does n’t recognize Taiwan as an independent DoS , and the call was seen as a uncongenial move , wittingly or not , against next diplomatical relations with China .
The US made some provocative statements about the disputed South China Sea this calendar week . Admiral Harry Harris , top dog of the US Pacific Command , gave a speech in Sydney , Australia on Wednesday where he said that the Navy was ready if China decides to become “ aggressive . ”
“ We will not reserve a share domain to be closed down one-sidedly no matter how many bases are built on artificial features in the South China Sea , ” Admiral Harrissaid . “ We will get together when we can but we will be quick to face when we must . ”
On a related short letter , China hasplaced weaponson disputed island in the South China Sea , which the US armed forces has realise as a threat to stability in the area .
“ As for necessary military facilities , they are in the main for defense and self - protection , and this is right and licit , ” the Chinese Defense Ministry said about theweapons on the islands . “ For representative , if someone was at the door of your abode , cocky and swaggering , how could it be that you would n’t prepare a slingshot ? ”
It ’s ill-defined as of yet how China will answer to US demands for the unmanned underwater vehicle back .
[ Reuters ]
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