Moment #Chinese warship nearly crashes into a USdestroyer in the Taiwan Straight

The US military accused a Chinese navy ship of cutting across the bow of its guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon twice, forcing it to slow down to avoid collision.

Video taken by Canadian news outlet Global News showed the Chinese warship speeding towards the American vessel, coming within 140 metres of its path.

China’s defence chief on Sunday rebuked the United States for acts of “provocation” near its territory a day after a near miss between a US warship and the Chinese Navy in the Taiwan Strait.

Asked about the incidents during his first international address at a security summit in Singapore, General Li Shangfu, China’s defence minister, laid the blame with foreign powers, accusing them of “hegemony of navigation” and warning them to stay out of China’s backyard.

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[meanderingbird]

Because as a species, we don't have enough problems to deal with already . . .

[martiforse]

Everybody gangsta until it’s time to be gangsta. Watch out, china..

[jasonalmendra]

They're making us Asians look bad with their crappy driving.

[ffrederickskitty]

The clip is zoomed so much it’s impossible to tell how close they were

[Cavalier_survivalist]

"Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead " a quote to live by 😁

[douglasdaniel]

Oh, it makes my palms sweat just seeing this. It would take just one mistake to turn this from something that nearly happened into the opening shots of World War III. Somebody needs to get a grip on this situation.

[crazykat]

They do this to the Philippines navy all the time as well

[SPiTFiRE_JiMMY]

Wow. They drive their warships like they do their cars in Canada. 😂😂

[artfx]

Well, by sea transport rules, the motorized ship on the right hand side has priority. Judge for yourself.

[josh]

That would of been embarrassing, the whole damn ocean and still nearly crashed 😂

[MalonLabe]

That should be considered an act of war.

[watchman]

Taiwan strait is right off Florida coast, we must defend it and repel Chinese invasion!

[euphegeniadoubtfire]

How dare that Chinese ship cut off that American destroyer in the territorial waters of the USA? Dont the Chinese know that Taiwan is the 52nd state of the United States after Ukraine? 😂

[rmelotto]

This feels like an everyday drive in Brampton-ON

[nirvana]

I think that the warships of PLAN will soon go to the Florida Strait to maintain freedom of navigation. By the way, they can also visit Havana.😉 Because it's also an international waterway.

[johnlukasik]

U.S. Destroyer should have put a cannon into the side of that ship for harassment and PROVOCATION ! Aggression clearly from the Chinese ship !

[d-obvious]

sir.. sir.. we need to discuss your car warranty

[denishooi]

This is pretty deceiving. From what perspective was this from as American reports are always biased? Show us from a higher level!!

[Pallmallredshort]

Make em sign the peace treaty on it after spankin time 😌🙏

[Tsk]

Chinese have a habit of shooting water canon at other boats, someone should build a water missile shooting system and give it back to them 😀