May 22, 2013

Chinese submarine discovered shadowing the USS Nimitz near Okinawa

A Chinese submarine was detected on May 13 by a Japanese P-3C patrol plane near the Okinawa island of Kume, the same day the U.S. super-carrier USS Chester Nimitz arrived in the nearby South Korean port of Pusan for a joint naval exercise. A similar incident occurred 11 days before when another Chinese submarine was detected by the Japanese Navy near the island of Amami Oshima.
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The USS Nimitz arrives in Busan, South Korea on May 13.  U.S. Navy
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