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#1 Mar 09 2009 at 9:05 AM Rating: Excellent

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon said Monday that Chinese ships harassed a U.S. surveillance ship Sunday in the South China Sea in the latest of several instances of "increasingly aggressive conduct" in the past week.
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"Because the vessels' intentions were not known, Impeccable sprayed its fire hoses at one of the vessels in order to protect itself," the statement said. "The Chinese crewmembers disrobed to their underwear and continued closing to within 25 feet."

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Why would they strip down to their underwear?

Edit: FARK.com's headline is pretty funny:

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Chinese sailors in their underwear molest US Navy ship, which fights back with squirt guns. Then it gets weird.

Edited, Mar 9th 2009 1:07pm by boywithoutaspoon

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#2 Mar 09 2009 at 9:15 AM Rating: Good

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Ahhh, this is the Navy we all know and love.

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#3 Mar 09 2009 at 9:15 AM Rating: Decent

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If they were gathering intelligence data off of our coasts, even if it were international waters, we'd do the same to them. Except for the stripping to the skivvies part.

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#4 Mar 09 2009 at 10:55 AM Rating: Excellent

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I love how this article completely passes over the fact that they took off their clothes like its no big deal and It happens all the time... Maybe it does and we are just hearing about this?

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#5 Mar 09 2009 at 10:58 AM Rating: Good

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I suppose that would be the best way to have someone notice your seamen from a ways away.

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#6 Mar 09 2009 at 11:50 AM Rating: Good

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Wet clothing can be heavy, awkward, tiring, and depending on the clothing, chafing and downright dangerous. I fail to see why it's weird to be pragmatic. If you don't have bulletproof gear anyway, then being hampered by your clothing in an important situation is silly.

China is subject to massive and very dangerous floods, to which the People's Liberation Army regularly attends for daring rescue and emergency engineering efforts. They may well be comfy operating in their undies.

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#7 Mar 09 2009 at 11:56 AM Rating: Excellent

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That or they were preparing to be boarded.

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#8 Mar 09 2009 at 12:05 PM Rating: Good

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I should not have read this thread. I now see images of naked chinamen running around boats singing "in the Navy" in my head Smiley: dubious

And it does make sense they might take some clothes off, if it means they are free to move. Wet clothes can slow you down afterall.

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#9 Mar 09 2009 at 12:08 PM Rating: Good

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GwynapNud the Eccentric wrote:

I should not have read this thread. I now see images of naked chinamen running around boats singing "in the Navy" in my head Smiley: dubious

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