2/24/2013 How Far Will The Dragon swim?

IS THE DRAGON PREPARING FOR ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE?

Chinese Buoys Are Focus of Latest Dispute Over Contested Islands

SONO BUOYS USED TO LOCATE SUBMARINES

                                                      

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By MARTIN FACKLER
22 fEB 2013

TOKYO — Japan has asked the Chinese government to explain why Chinese ships have strategically placed several buoys in the East China Sea near a group of disputed islands, a Japanese government spokesman said on Friday.

The spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, told reporters that ships from China’s State Oceanic Administration, which is similar to the coast guard, had placed the buoys last week in Chinese-controlled waters near the islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. The uninhabited islands have been controlled by Japan for decades, but are claimed by China and also Taiwan.

Japanese media reported that the buoys might be used to track Japanese submarines in waters around the uninhabited islands, where Japanese and Chinese ships have chased each other in recent months. If so, their placement could represent another step in an ominous escalation in the standoff, which began with coast guard and other nonmilitary ships, but has recently begun to involve more heavily armed navy ships.

LINK TO FULL STORY: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/world/asia/chinese-buoys-focus-of-latest-dispute-with-japan-over-islands.html?_r=0

                                              

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