China embarrasses US on high seas

Ouch, ouch and ouch again. I wonder if anybody's going to lose their commission because of this. Very embarrassing.

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.

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According to the defense officials, the Chinese Song-class diesel-powered attack submarine shadowed the Kitty Hawk undetected and surfaced within five miles of the carrier Oct. 26.

The surfaced submarine was spotted by a routine surveillance flight by one of the carrier group's planes.

The Kitty Hawk battle group includes an attack submarine and anti-submarine helicopters that are charged with protecting the warships from submarine attack.

According to the officials, the submarine is equipped with Russian-made wake-homing torpedoes and anti-ship cruise missiles.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061113-121539-3317r.htm

UPD: a lot of discussion, some opinions are interesting: http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2006/11/uss-kitty-hawk-and-chinese-sub.html