Friday, March 13, 2009

U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort For USNS Impeccable

USS Chung-Hoon

US Destroyers To Escort Ships In South China Sea -- AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States has decided to provide heavily armed destroyers to escort US surveillance ships operating in the South China Sea after a tense naval standoff this week, a US official said on Thursday.

"Right now they are going to escort these types of ships for the foreseeable future," the defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

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More News On The U.S. Naval Escort In The South China Seas

Destroyer to Protect Ship Near China -- Washington Post
US warships head for South China Sea after standoff -- Times Online
Official: US ship in scrape now has armed escort -- AP
U.S. vessel's standoff with Chinese sub 'dangerous,' analyst says -- International Herald Tribune

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