USNS Impeccable is seen underway on Monday, March 9, 2009. The ship is one of five ocean surveillance ships that are part of the 25 ships in the Military Sealift Command Special Mission Ships Program.(AP)From Commentary Magazine:
It’s been two months since some Chinese ships harassed an American naval vessel in international waters, and they’re at it again. This time the unarmed survey vessel was the USNS Impeccable, surrounded and threatened to be rammed by fishing boats.
Last time, the Obama administration responded by sending in a destroyer to escort the USNS Victorious and to keep the harassers at bay.
This time there wasn’t a convenient American warship to aid the harassed auxiliary vessel, so the Impeccable sought help where it could — a Chinese warship, which responded quickly and ordered the harassing fishing vessels to knock it off.
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My Comment: I heard about the incident, but I was not aware that it was a Chinese warship that showed up and "rescued" the U.S. Navy ship. Am I the only one embarrassed by our lack of response from what is clearly a provocative stance from China?