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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Chinese spy ship off Hawaii keeps track of RIMPAC

Dongdiao class AGIAt the same time China was invited into Pearl Harbor to participate in Rim of the Pacific exercises for the first time, it also has had a spy ship parked off Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Fleet confirmed Friday.

The People's Liberation Army Navy auxiliary general intelligence ship has been operating within the United States 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone around Hawaii, but not within the 12-nautical-mile territorial seas, said Capt. Darryn James, spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

This year's RIMPAC naval exercise, the 24th in the series that began in 1971, runs from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around Hawaii and San Diego. Twenty-two nations, 49 surface ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating.

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