China ready to return US submarine drone: Trump accuses Beijing of "stealing", tells them, "keep it!"

China ready to return US submarine drone: Trump accuses Beijing of “stealing”, tells them, “keep it!”

Monday, December 19th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

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China says it will hand over an underwater U.S. drone it seized in the international waters of the South China Sea, prompting President-elect Donald Trump to say the United States should tell China to keep the device. Trump does not assume power for another month, but weighed in on the maritime incident in which Chinese naval forces seized the unmanned submersible while it was collecting unclassified scientific data on Thursday. Read full article

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Idlehands
Somebody needs to tell that idiot to stay off Twitter.
Dec 19th, 2016 - 09:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Keeping/Returning the drone will not make any difference.

Well before the news broke out, China must have already learnt the technological & the other advantages which the USA has; whether the operation was stealth or filthy.

- How was it possible to capture the drone?
- Why wasn't it self-destructive if it gets captured?
- Due to their success, are the Chinese superior in SOME areas at least?
Dec 20th, 2016 - 11:02 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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