Submarines a Nuclear Flashpoint in China-Japan Island Rivalry


March 1, 2013
Chinese military ships have dropped mysterious buoys near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea, a tactic usually associated with tracking submarines and a glimpse into possible underwater warfare going on between Beijing and rival Japan. An undersea battle is not likely, but the intense activities of dueling submarines raise the odds that a mistake, accident or miscalculation could lead to a larger clash on the sea surface or in the air.

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