Never-before-seen footage: A near collision between a Chinese and a US warship in the South China Sea. https://t.co/j6kwkEYQHy pic.twitter.com/flXI8GTERE— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) November 4, 2018
SCMP: Exclusive details and footage emerge of near collision between warships in South China Sea
* The Chinese Luyang destroyer issued the stern verbal signal to the USS Decatur before sailing within 45 yards of the vessel on September 30
* Footage of the tense encounter never before aired publicly shows just how close the Chinese vessel came to the US warship
A Chinese warship warned a US Navy vessel in the South China Sea it would “suffer consequences” if it did not change course, internal military documents show, as new details and never-before-seen footage emerge of last month’s near collision in the disputed waters.
The Chinese Luyang destroyer issued the stern verbal message to the USS Decatur before sailing within 45 yards of the vessel in the September 30 incident that Washington labelled “unsafe and unprofessional”, according to a timeline obtained from Britain’s Ministry of Defence.
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Update: Video shows near collision of US and Chinese warships (Navy Times)
WNU Editor: The seas were calm and the ships were not going fast. But this is unsafe navigation to the extreme, and it is definitely "unsafe and unprofessional".
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