Pentagon: Chinese Navy Stole U.S. Underwater Drone

 

by Courtney Kube

A Chinese Navy ship stole a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater vehicle — a type of drone — from international waters Thursday, according to the Pentagon. 

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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Source: NBC News