War and Conflict Journal

Interesting article on Time.com regarding American naval assets in the Pacific targeting China and Beijing’s growing military presence in the Pacific.  And, considering several incidents between American and Chinese naval vessels in 2009, the Tomahawk and Special Forces-carrying Ohio-class submarines appearing in the Pacific and Indian Oceans on July 4 (Good touch there, Pentagon planners!) this quiet, yet visible show of American naval power is a good reminder to the Beijing regime not to take America lightly.  It is also a good message to American friends in the Pacific and East Asia that U.S. naval power is in the neighborhood.

Worth reading at

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2002378,00.html?xid=rss-fullnation-yahoo#ixzz0tCs7qvvG

In March of 2009, several incidents took place between
the military forces of the United States and the military
forces of the People’s Republic of China at sea. Below is a
listing of these naval and air incidents… READ THE REST AT HISTORYGUY.COM

March 8, 2009–Five Chinese vessels
harassed and obstructed the USNS Impeccable in the South
China Sea, 70 mile from the coast of the Chineses island
of Hainan. The Chinese ships surrounded the Impeccable
and two of the ships closed to within 50 feet of the
American ship. The Chinese ships included a Chinese navy
intelligence collection ship, a Bureau of Maritime
Fisheries patrol vessel, a State Oceanographic
Administration patrol vessel and two small
Chinese-flagged trawlers.

Crewmen aboard the Impeccable used fire hoses to spray
one of the harassiing Chinese ships as a protective
measure. The Chinese crewmembers stripped to their
underwear and continued manning their posts, closing to
within 25 feet of the Americans.

The Chinese also dropped pieces of wood into the water
directly in the Impeccable’s path, and two of the
ships halted directly in the U.S. vessel’s path,
forcing it to stop.