The U.S. claim that China captured their underwater camera, please return – NEWSru.ua

U.S. officials appealed to China to provide them with unmanned underwater vessel on the remote control, captured in international waters, according to officials from Washington.

the Chinese Navy seized the underwater research unit of the South China sea on Thursday, saying in USA, “BBC Ukraine”.

the Incident occurred at a time when Oceanographic research ship USNS Bowditch was trying to lift the machine out of the water.

the Device, which the Americans call “sea glider”, measured the salinity and temperature of the water, officials said.

the data was needed for unclassified programs for mapping underwater channels, said one official on condition of anonymity. He told the American media that “took him” China.

“UUV (unmanned underwater device) legitimately conducted military research and development in waters of the South sea,” – said the official.

According to the USA, incident has occurred in 80 km South-West of the Gulf of Subic Bay, the Philippines.

Recall that in the summer court in the Hague rejected the China rights to a number of territories in the South China sea. The verdict noted that China violate the sovereign rights of the Philippines, conducting a search of natural resources on the continental shelf. The document also States that the construction of artificial Islands in these areas is detrimental to the environment. The Philippines welcomed the decision of the court (Recall, Manila has appealed to the Hague court in 2013 and asked to consider whether China has rights to a number of Islands and continental shelf of the South China sea).

the Ministry of defense of China said that the verdict in the Hague will not affect China’s sovereignty over these territories.

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