Re: Newsday: Japan Spots Chinese Submarine Off Coast

"Yeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:44:48 GMT, Kevin Brooks wrote:
>
> >> the american EP-3 spy plane didn't get intercepted for no
> >> reason.
> >
> > Correct--the reason is simply that the PRC is a maniacal
security-paranoid
> > state, though.
>
> Be that as it may, the PRC was justified in intercepting the EP-3.
They're
> not justified in hazarding aircraft they intercept in international
> airspace by doing things like flying too close...

Very true. But also not the point under discussion, as in fact they *did* do
those things you noted. Had the PRC made the intercept in the manner that
the US, UK, etc., have repeatedly done off their own shores, there would be
"no harm, no foul"--but that was not the case, as we all know (well, at
least as those with half a clue know--Beatlejuice may prove to be the rare
exception).

Brooks

>
> -Jeff B.
> yeff at erols dot com