Close call for Chinese, US warships

A Canadian news source reports that a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of colliding with an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait during a joint U.S.-Canada exercise.
3:26 | 06/03/23

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>> GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS BUSY SATURDAY >> GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS BUSY SATURDA JOINING US ON THIS BUSY SATURDA NIGHT, I AM WITH DONSON AND WE NIGHT, I AM WITH DONSON AND WE START WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS TO NIGHT, I AM WITH DONSON AND WE START WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS T START WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS T A DANGEROUS." A DANGEROUS." AT SEA. AT SEA. RETURNS WORSHIP NEWLY COLLIDING RETURNS WORSHIP NEWLY COLLIDING WITH US DESTROYER NEAR TAIWAN ON RETURNS WORSHIP NEWLY COLLIDING WITH US DESTROYER NEAR TAIWAN O WITH US DESTROYER NEAR TAIWAN O THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE CANADIAN REPORT. CANADIAN REPORT. THAT TERRIFYING NEAR MISS THAT TERRIFYING NEAR MISS CAPTURED ON VIDEO OBTAINED BY CAPTURED ON VIDEO OBTAINED BY GLOBAL NEWS. GLOBAL NEWS. RETURNS WORSHIP REPORTEDLY RETURNS WORSHIP REPORTEDLY COMING WITHIN 150 YARDS OF COMING WITHIN 150 YARDS OF HEATING THE AMERICAN DESTROYER HEATING THE AMERICAN DESTROYER USS CHUNG-HOON. USS CHUNG-HOON. IT HAPPENED DURING A RARE JOINT IT HAPPENED DURING A RARE JOINT MISSION BETWEEN CANADA AND THE MISSION BETWEEN CANADA AND THE US. US. IT IS JUST THE LATEST IN A IT IS JUST THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF EVOCATIVE MOVES BY THE IT IS JUST THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF EVOCATIVE MOVES BY TH SERIES OF EVOCATIVE MOVES BY TH CHINESE MILITARY HONOR DEFENSE CHINESE MILITARY HONOR DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SPEAKING SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SPEAKING AT A SUMMIT OVERSEAS SAYING AT A SUMMIT OVERSEAS SAYING TODAY THAT THE US WON'T STAND TODAY THAT THE US WON'T STAND FOR ANY COERCION AND BULLYING OF TODAY THAT THE US WON'T STAND FOR ANY COERCION AND BULLYING O FOR ANY COERCION AND BULLYING O OUR ALLIES BY CHINA. OUR ALLIES BY CHINA. EARLIER THIS WEEK BY THE ARMY'S EARLIER THIS WEEK BY THE ARMY'S NEW VIDEO OF A CHINESE FIGHTER NEW VIDEO OF A CHINESE FIGHTER JET, WITHIN 400 FEET OF A US JET, WITHIN 400 FEET OF A US RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SOUTH CHINA SEA. ALL OF THIS AS WE LEARN OF A ALL OF THIS AS WE LEARN OF A SECRET SHIP THAT THE CIA SECRET SHIP THAT THE CIA DIRECTOR MADE TO CHINA, MEETING DIRECTOR MADE TO CHINA, MEETING WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS THERE. WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS THERE. ABC LETTING US OFF FROM ABC LETTING US OFF FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. TRIED TO HEARING MOMENT A TRIED TO HEARING MOMENT A CHINESE WARSHIP DANGEROUSLY CUTS TRIED TO HEARING MOMENT A CHINESE WARSHIP DANGEROUSLY CUT CHINESE WARSHIP DANGEROUSLY CUT OFF IT US DESTROYER IN THE OFF IT US DESTROYER IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT. TAIWAN STRAIT. THE GLOBAL NEWS, A CANADIAN THE GLOBAL NEWS, A CANADIAN TELEVISION NETWORKS, CAPTURING TELEVISION NETWORKS, CAPTURING THE MOMENT WHILE TRAVELING WITH THE MOMENT WHILE TRAVELING WITH A CANADIAN SHIP PARTICIPATING IN THE MOMENT WHILE TRAVELING WITH A CANADIAN SHIP PARTICIPATING I A CANADIAN SHIP PARTICIPATING I THE JOINT US CANADA MISSION THE JOINT US CANADA MISSION ALLEGEDLY ON INTERNATIONAL ALLEGEDLY ON INTERNATIONAL WATERS SUPPORTING CHINA AND WATERS SUPPORTING CHINA AND TAIWAN. TAIWAN. REPORTING THAT THE CHINESE NAVAL TAIWAN. REPORTING THAT THE CHINESE NAVA REPORTING THAT THE CHINESE NAVA SHIP CAME WITHIN 150 YARDS OF SHIP CAME WITHIN 150 YARDS OF THE USS CHUNG-HOON, PICKING UP THE USS CHUNG-HOON, PICKING UP CONSIDERABLE SPEED BEFORE COMING THE USS CHUNG-HOON, PICKING UP CONSIDERABLE SPEED BEFORE COMIN CONSIDERABLE SPEED BEFORE COMIN ACROSS ITS BOW. ACROSS ITS BOW. THE HMCS MONTREAL TRAILING THE HMCS MONTREAL TRAILING BEHIND RIGHT BEFORE THE NEAR BEHIND RIGHT BEFORE THE NEAR COLLISION. COLLISION. AS COMMANDER REPORTEDLY CALLING AS COMMANDER REPORTEDLY CALLING THE MANEUVER, "PROFESSIONAL." THE MANEUVER, "PROFESSIONAL." AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT DEFENSE SECRETARY OFTEN DEFENSE SECRETARY OFTEN ATTENDING A SUMMIT IN SINGAPORE ATTENDING A SUMMIT IN SINGAPORE WITH BOTH CANADA AND CHINA WITH BOTH CANADA AND CHINA DEFENSE MINISTERS. DEFENSE MINISTERS. >> WE WILL SUPPORT OUR ALLIES >> WE WILL SUPPORT OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE DEFEND AND PARTNERS IN THE DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST COERCION AND THEMSELVES AGAINST COERCION AND BULLYING. BULLYING. TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT SEEK TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT SEEK CONFLICT OR CONFRONTATION, BUT CONFLICT OR CONFRONTATION, BUT WE WILL NOT FLINCH IN THE FACE WE WILL NOT FLINCH IN THE FACE OF BULLYING OR COERCION. OF BULLYING OR COERCION. >> WE NEED TO BE EYES WIDE OPEN >> WE NEED TO BE EYES WIDE OPEN ON CHINA AND THE FACT IS THAT ON CHINA AND THE FACT IS THAT THEY HAVE BECOME AN INCREASINGLY ON CHINA AND THE FACT IS THAT THEY HAVE BECOME AN INCREASINGL THEY HAVE BECOME AN INCREASINGL DISRUPTIVE GLOBAL POWER. DISRUPTIVE GLOBAL POWER. >> THE POTENTIAL DISASTROUS >> THE POTENTIAL DISASTROUS COMES AT THE US ACCUSES CHINA OF >> THE POTENTIAL DISASTROUS COMES AT THE US ACCUSES CHINA O COMES AT THE US ACCUSES CHINA O CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN AGGRESSIVE CONFRONTATIONS. AGGRESSIVE CONFRONTATIONS. LAST WEEK A CHINESE FIGHTER JET LAST WEEK A CHINESE FIGHTER JET COMING WITHIN 400 FEET OF A US COMING WITHIN 400 FEET OF A US RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE US PLANE BOUNCING WILDLY TO THE US PLANE BOUNCING WILDLY TO THE JUST TURBULENCE ANGLE THE JUST TURBULENCE ANGLE DEPENDING ON LABELING IT, " DEPENDING ON LABELING IT, "UNNECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE." "UNNECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE." AND EARLIER THIS YEAR THEY ARE AND EARLIER THIS YEAR THEY ARE SUGGESTING A CHINESE SPY BALLOON AND EARLIER THIS YEAR THEY ARE SUGGESTING A CHINESE SPY BALLOO SUGGESTING A CHINESE SPY BALLOO THAT FLEW OVER THE CONTINENTAL THAT FLEW OVER THE CONTINENTAL US BEFORE BEING SHOT DOWN OFF US BEFORE BEING SHOT DOWN OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. SPILKA EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SPILKA EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA CONTINUE. THE US AND CHINA CONTINUE. A US OFFICIAL CONFIRMING TO ABC A US OFFICIAL CONFIRMING TO ABC THAT CA DIRECTOR LIAM BYRNES THAT CA DIRECTOR LIAM BYRNES TRAVELED TO BEIJING IN MAY TRAVELED TO BEIJING IN MAY MEETING WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS, MEETING WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS, MARKING THE HIGHEST LEVEL DIGIT MARKING THE HIGHEST LEVEL DIGIT THERE MARKING THE HIGHEST LEVEL DIGIT THEVISIT TO BEIJING SINCE THE BB MARKING THE HIGHEST LEVEL DIGIT THEVISIT TO BEIJING SINCE THE BE MARKING THE HIGHEST LEVEL DIGIT THEVISIT TO BEIJING SINCE THE B THEVISIT TO BEIJING SINCE THE B SHOT DOWN. SHOT DOWN. IKA IS OFFICIALS APPEARING TO IKA IS OFFICIALS APPEARING TO DOUBLE DOWN TONIGHT ON THEIR DOUBLE DOWN TONIGHT ON THEIR MISSION TOWARDS TAIWAN. MISSION TOWARDS TAIWAN. >> GARRETT RAND MICROTRANSIT >> GARRETT RAND MICROTRANSIT DEFENSE MINISTER SAID TODAY DEFENSE MINISTER SAID TODAY THERE IS NO ROOM FOR CONCESSIONS DEFENSE MINISTER SAID TODAY THERE IS NO ROOM FOR CONCESSION THERE IS NO ROOM FOR CONCESSION OR COMPROMISE IN REGARDS TO OR COMPROMISE IN REGARDS TO TAIWAN'S SOVEREIGNTY. TAIWAN'S SOVEREIGNTY. AND DURING THAT EVENT IN AND DURING THAT EVENT IN SINGAPORE DEFENSE SECRETARY SINGAPORE DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN RATITES CHINA REFUSING TO SINGAPORE DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN RATITES CHINA REFUSING T AUSTIN RATITES CHINA REFUSING T PARTICIPATE IN MORE TALKS WITH PARTICIPATE IN MORE TALKS WITH THE U.S. MILITARY

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