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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