Two U.S. Navy Ocean Glider Unmanned Underwater Vehicle were
collecting data during what the Pentagon called a routine survey
approximately 50 nautical miles NW of Subic Bay, in the Philippines.
The gliders "stopped dead in the water" as they
awaited recovery by the USS Bowditch, an oceanographic research vessel. A
Chinese ship that was already shadowing the Bowditch swooped in and
"unlawfully retrieved" one of the gliders.
"They stole it," an official with knowledge of the incident told NBC News.
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