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Breaking: Chinese Attack Submarine Tailed USS Ronal Reagan in West Philippine Sea

Breaking: US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was followed and tailed by Chinese attack submarine in West Philippines Sea. The tension arises in the region.

U.S. defense officials said a Chinese attack submarine tracked and stalked the USS Ronald Reagan, one of the Navy’s foremost aircraft carriers, during the weekend of Oct. 24.


The Chinese submarine sailed very close to the Reagan is the closest encounter between a carrier and a People’s Liberation Army Navy submarine since 2006, said defense officials familiar with reports of the incident.

The incident occurred as the Reagan sailed from its home port to the Sea of Japan around the southern end of Japan.

Days later, in the Sea of Japan, the Reagan was targeted for a close flyby by two Russian Tu-142 bombers that flew within a mile of the ship at an altitude of 500 feet. U.S. Navy jets were scrambled to escort the bombers away from the carrier group.

The submarine encounter also occurred days before the USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, carried out a freedom of navigation operation in the West Philippine Sea.

source: tankler..com

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