I was checking through some of my bookmarked websites when I came across some Youtube videos [NSFW: Contains salty sailor language] of the incident with the USNS Impeccable and elements of the Chinese Navy. Sure enough, it shows the Chinese ships harassing the Impeccable, even going so far as attempting to steal the towed-array sonar and blocking its way, causing an emergency all-stop to avoid a collision.

Pretty bold stuff. If they tried that on an armed ship they would’ve earned a shot across the bow (or worse).

After that dustup, the Navy sent an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to accompany the Impeccable. The USS Chung-Hoon will take up station near the Impeccable and hopefully keep a war from breaking out before the two sides can hammer out an agreement on such activities.