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The Pentagon has identified five Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, marking the first time the U.S. military has seen Chinese warships in the area, officials said.

The U.S. been tracking the flotilla – made up of three combat ships, a resupply ship and an amphibious ship – for days.

The disclosure comes as President Obama wraps up a three-day visit to Alaska and as China prepares to hold a massive military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, told reporters traveling with Obama that the Pentagon has "not detected any sort of threat or threatening activities" from the Chinese ships, which are in international waters. He said the Pentagon is "monitoring movements of the ships but that the intent is still unclear beyond ... that they are not detecting any sort of threatening activities."

The White House said Monday that it will speed up delivery of a new Coast Guard icebreaker to help patrol the Arctic. The U.S. also will map and chart the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas for the first time.

"We respect the freedom of all nations to operate military vessels in international waters in accordance with international law,” said Navy Cmdr. Bill Urban, a Pentagon spokesman, who confirmed the presence of the Chinese ships.

The Pentagon did not disclose the location of the vessels, other than to confirm they were in the Bering Sea, which lies between Alaska and Russia.

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-ships-alaska-20150902-story.html

 

[Guevara]

I can see China from my house?

 

[Omegasquash]

There's a "Jade Helm" joke to be made here, and it makes me a terrible person for thinking it.

Christ, I'm sorry GAF.

 

[Mudcrab]

I can see China from my house?

and they can see you!

 

[NCR Redslayer]

I totally forgot that because we have more oil, Fallout: Anchorage is gonna happen right?/

 

[Aurongel]

This is lining up with the events of Fallout very well...

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Pissing contest. We want to have our ships in the South China Sea, which to everyone but China is still international waters, so China will poke around the rim of our sovereign waters. That's about as far as it will go.

The Russians still do this with their bombers all the time.

 

[Patryn]

Guessing it's related to Obama being in Alaska.

 

[OctoMan]

Finally coming to collect those debts.

 

[enewtabie]

Pissing contest. We want to have our ships in the South China Sea, which to everyone but China is still international waters, so China will poke around the rim of our sovereign waters. That's about as far as it will go.

The Russians still do this with their bombers all the time.

Indeed Daniel Jackson

Once China figures out how to do logistics they can deploy more ships and further out for longer period of times. Got a ways to go before they can touch the US in that dept.