Spies from uninvited Chinese ships on US-led exercises at sea after the Pentagon says in Beijing to launch rocks

D & To be diverted From the 2018 RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) naval exercises, China sent a spy vessel to spy on US-led exercises, Pacific Fleet confirmed to the Daily. Caller News Foundation

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported for the first time that a general intelligence vessel was active off Hawaii.

"The US Pacific Fleet is Monitoring a Chinese Navy Surveillance Vessel in the Vicinity of Hawaii," said Lieutenant Tim Gorman Fleet Spokesperson, TheDCNF said. "We expect the ship to remain outside US territorial seas and not operate in a manner that disrupts the Rim of the Pacific exercise."

"We took all the necessary precautions to protect our critical information.The presence of the ship did not affect the conduct of the exercise," he added.

Other RIMPAC participants lamented the presence of the Chinese Navy vessel spying on exercises, the largest international naval naval exercises in the world. "It is very disappointing that the presence of a non-participating vessel can disrupt exercise," said Commodore of the Chilean Navy, Pablo Niemann, at the Star-Advertiser. "I hope and expect all the seafarers that they act professionally so that we can continue to focus on the spirit of cooperation that gives shape to this exercise."

Chinese ships would be a spy vessel of the Dongdiao class, the same type of ship sent to observe RIMPAC exercises in 2014, the first year of China's participation in this event. The latest deployment, however, comes after China has been disinvited from drills. (RELATED: US Brings China Out of Largest International Naval Exercise on Chinese Militarization in the South China Sea)

"We have strong evidence that China has deployed anti-aircraft missiles – Airborne missile systems (SAM) and dispirited electronic jammers in the Spratly Islands region of the South China Sea – The disembarkation of Chinese fighter planes at Woody Island has also raised tensions, Pentagon in a statement to TheNNF at the time.

The United States "has divested the 2018 RIMPAC FY PLAN," he said. China regularly argues that its actions in the South China Sea are strictly defensive.

Commenting on the presence of the Chinese spy ship off the coast of Hawaii, Dr. Andrew Erickson, an expert knowledgeable of Chinese naval activities, tweeted that China "

" This is not the case. is not just a case of the Chinese navy making a good trip to Hawaii or planting a party for (geo) political purposes. This is a case of the Chinese Navy enjoying a feast of intelligence gathering that is rarely matched given the extent and diversity of foreign navy participants, "he writes Follow Ryan on Twitter