A Chinese spy ship off the Hawaiian coast in the middle of a huge naval exercise: US officials

The guided missile destroyer USS Dewey ( DDG 105) transits the Pacific Ocean by participating in the 2018 Rim Rim Pacific exercise (RIMPAC).

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A Chinese spy ship hides off the coast of Hawaii during the largest international maritime exercise known as RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific), US officials told Fox News.

but officials say that it is in international waters (over 12 nautical miles), and do not affect the exercises.

According to the Navy, "26 nations, 47 surface ships, 5 submarines, 18 national ground forces and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 people will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) planned from June 27 to August 2, in and around the Hawaii Islands and southern California. "

A senior Chilean official said it was" disappointing "that the Chinese send a spy ship after being omitted of maritime exercise this year. (China had participated in 2014 and 2016).

The commander of the maritime component of the Allied Forces, the Chilean Commodore Pablo Nieman, said: "For me, the CFMCC, it is very disappointing that the presence of a non-participating vessel disrupts the exercise I hope and expect from all the seafarers that they act professionally so that we can continue to focus on the work and on the spirit of cooperation that underpins this. Exercise. "

" US Pacific Fleet oversees Chinese Navy surveillance We expect this ship to remain outside US territorial waters and will not operate in a manner that disrupts the US Navy. Rim of the Pacific's current maritime exercise, "said a spokesman for the Pacific Fleet

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