Did a US warship lose power while chasing a Chinese destroyer in the South China Sea?
PLA Navy officer tells state media the unnamed foreign ship’s ‘radar stopped transmitting and its navigation lights went dark’
The CCTV report did not identify the foreign warship or specify the date or exact location of the encounter.
Zhang Jun, an officer aboard the Zunyi, told the broadcaster that his ship had accelerated in high-speed cruise to force the foreign follower to speed up and keep pace.
“During the stand-off, [suddenly its] power and electricity all went out. Its radar stopped transmitting and its navigation lights went dark. That lasted for nearly half an hour,” Zhang said, adding that the Zunyi continued operating normally.
