No standoff between carrier, China, DoD says

No standoff between carrier, China, DoD says
By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jan 18, 2008 8:31:57 EST

Defense Department officials are denying reports in the Asian news media that the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group was involved in a 28-hour standoff with a Chinese destroyer and submarine while transiting the Taiwan Strait last November.

The Kyodo News Service reported Tuesday that the strike group came to a “battle ready halt” during the standoff with a Chinese destroyer and submarine, which it said happened a day after the strike group was refused permission to spend a four-day Thanksgiving day holiday in Hong Kong as it has done in previous years.

The Kyodo News Service report was based on an earlier report in a Taiwanese newspaper that cited U.S. military sources.

The confrontation occurred during the strike group’s return to its homeport at Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, the media outlets reported.

But Defense Department spokesman Marine Maj. Stewart Upton said the report was false.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/01/navy_kittyhawk_denial_080117w/



uhc comment: A 11/28 thread says 'DoD issues protest over China ship refusal' --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=7547

Here' is the sub/destroyer confrontation they were talking about --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=9876