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Homeland Security

Chinese Submarine Hits Underwater Sonar Array Being Towed By U.S. Navy Destroyer: Report

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Monday, June 15th, 2009

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A Chinese submarine struck an underwater sonar array being towed by the U.S. Navy destroyer John S. McCain (DDG 56), according to news reports. The incident happened near the Philippines, near Subic Bay. In earlier incidents, Chinese commercial vessels harassed and almost struck U.S. Navy vessels which China falsely claimed were in its territorial waters. However, that was not the case here. Those incidents followed a 2001 outrage in which a Chinese aircraft recklessly smashed into a U.S. Navy intelligence…

Army

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Congress

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Congress

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