China Moves Spy Ship To Hawaiian Waters

Chinese Spy Ship. Credit: hawaiifreepress.com

China Retaliates Against US Naval Presence with Ships in Hawaiian Waters -- Gold Sea

China appears to feel that its naval buildup has progressed sufficiently to allow it to retaliate against the US naval presence in the East China Sea by sending surveillance ships to Hawaiian waters.

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) electronic reconnaissance ship spotted in Hawaiian waters is most likely of about 4,000-ton displacement and is equipped with various electronic gear for eavesdropping on radio communications and tracking ships and aircraft. It is also believed to have jamming equipment to interfere with the radio communications of other ships.

The ship apparently sailed inside the US 200-nautical mile EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) though there is no indication it violated the US 12-nautical mile (13.8-mile) territorial waters defined by the 1982 UN convention on the Law of the Sea. The US has been sending recon ships and planes inside China’s EEZ for decades, but this is the first time that China has acknowledged sending a surveillance ship into the US EEZ.

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Update #1: China Moves Spy Ship to Hawaiian Waters in “Retaliation” Against U.S. -- Global Research
Update #2: China Moves Spy Ship to Hawaiian Waters in “Retaliation” Against U.S. -- Info Wars

My Comment: Another message being sent to the U.S..