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**Kyle Boatright** · November 15th 06, 02:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval

"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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In article ,
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China sub stalked U.S. fleet
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published November 13, 2006

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A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in
the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its
torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has
learned.

Where's the evidence that the US fleet did not detect it?
For all the WT knows there was a LA class sub sitting 500 yards astern
the Chinese sub the whole time.

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

Even better, the Chinese probably don't know if they were detected either.
Making no public comment is a very clever move by the Navy. Maybe the
Chinese got close to a nuke carrier with a sub and it didn't get detected.
On the other hand, maybe it was detected and tracked for a week beforehand.

The Chinese will probably never know. Which would make it that much harder
for them to decide how to use their subs if a conflict erupted...