Yesterday's reported incident between the USNS Impeccable and several ships in the Chinese Navy appears to have started a war of words, with National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said that China "seems to be in a more military, aggressive" stance and declared...

In a statement released today by the Defense Department describes an incident in the South China Sea in which several ships in the Chinese Navy hassled the unarmed USNS Impeccable, an Ocean Surveillance Ship operating in international waters. The Chinese are...