Japan spots Chinese Warships

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Japan spots Chinese warships

TOKYO: Japanese authorities said on Friday they had seen Chinese warships for the first time near a disputed gas field in the East China Sea, which Tokyo recently opened to exploration.

A fleet of five ships, including a 7,940-tonne Sovremenny-class destroyer, had been spotted mid-morning by a Japanese P-3C patrol plane near the Chunxiao gas field, said the Defence Agency’s maritime staff office.

The gas field lies just on China’s side of what Japan claims to be the median line between their exclusive economic zones. China does not recognize the line. In November, Japan spotted a Chinese nuclear submarine intruding into what it considers its waters near the gas fields. Relations between the nations have seriously deteriorated this year over both the gas field and memories of Japan’s bloody wartime occupation of China. Beijing has been incensed at visits to a Tokyo war shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who is predicted to win a general election Sunday, which he has kept focused on domestic economic reforms.

here are the pictures. creds to cyberhorse

Japanese warships visit gas feild more often than us. they are actually everywhere in west pacific. they have better navy

I wonder what would have happened if the Japanese sunk that ship.

BrotherofSnake said:

I wonder what would have happened if the Japanese sunk that ship.

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China would declare war on Japan, the world would condemn Japan, and the US will pull out of Japan.

And can someone tell me what ships are shown in those pictures? Only one of them looks modern, and only two look like warships. What are the other pictures? Especially the one with what looks like a electrical pylon over its bridge.

FriedRiceNSpice said:

China would declare war on Japan, the world would condemn Japan, and the US will pull out of Japan.

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What are you talking about? The US would stay in Japan and fight the Chinese to help defend Japan! OK, so it was China's before, but oh well, Japan invaded it and the Chinese didn't realize that it was origanlly apart of China until the 70's! They didn't even know it was their island! .

they would just find a stupid excuse for that sunk ship
maybe it was hit by a whale or something
pentagon is very good in lieing

just ask rumsfeld
everyone knew that his proves from 2003 were faked, they even said that they were faked on the same day in security council, but somehow this does never reached u.s. media until these days

ger_mark said:

they would just find a stupid excuse for that sunk ship
maybe it was hit by a whale or something
pentagon is very good in lieing

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pentagon? why would pentagon make up excuses for japan? sure, US would help japan if there's a war but what's the point of making up excuses for something US didn't do? japan on the other hand would. probably something like giant crabs. you know, there've been giant crabs living near japan, and there was a few incidents where they killed some swimmers.