Acting prime minister criticises Chinese ship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional conduct’ after Australian sailors had requested it stay clear
The year was 1943.
Our ship was stationed in Philadelphia and was equipped to generate an electromagnetic field that would make us invisible to the enemy.
What happened instead, we were teleported to New York.
In that process my shipmates were fused to the hull of the ship.
Embedded in the metal, screaming for help.
I was destroyed.
Forced to regain my physicality.
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Take your time, it’s a deep dive (:
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, on Saturday said the Australian government had expressed “serious concerns” to Chinese officials after the HMAS Toowoomba encountered a People’s Liberation Army-Navy destroyer on Tuesday.
The Toowoomba was in international waters in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, having worked to enforce United Nations sanctions, and was on its way to a scheduled port visit when fishing nets became entangled around its propellers.
The ship stopped so naval divers could clear the nets and its crew communicated what it was doing through the usual maritime channels, Marles said in a statement.
The Chinese vessel acknowledged the message but came even closer, and was soon after detected operating its hull-mounted sonar, posing a risk to the Australian divers’ safety, Marles said.
The defence force has for decades undertaken surveillance in the region and does so in accordance with international law, Marles said.
On Saturday, Albanese said he witnessed US president Joe Biden involved in a “warm discussion” with Xi during the APEC summit in San Francisco.
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I always note that they’re unwilling to show a map of where these incidents occur.
Odd, that.
The story says they were in international waters, inside the Japanese economic zone. It’s easy enough to find a map of that area if you need it. What are you implying that they are trying to gloss over?
Japan’s EEZ only gives Japan rights for resource exploitation and whatnot. For the purposes of this issue, it’s international waters.
Though, Western media has a tendency of referring to disputed waters as “international” or belonging to whichever country is more friendly to the US.
Havana syndrome strikes again
Sonars are not just a little “ping” noise underwater. They can carry enough energy to kill. It’s not subtle.
Yeah but it doesn’t seem like anything actually happened. Article says drivers “may” have sustained minor injuries.
China is a bully. Crying about every little thing to the media doesn’t feel like the right way to handle them.
No, but like all propaganda, it helps to justify other actions and shapes opinion.
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Don’t be an arse. Active sonar can be pretty dangerous, using it when animals are in the water is risky a.f.
The flag a ship is flying doesn’t change that it’s a pointlessly dangerous thing to do.
