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Did a US warship lose power while chasing a Chinese destroyer in the South China Sea?

Liu Zhen · South China Morning Post
Published 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 am·1 d ago·1 min read
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The Chinese navy says it had a rare South China Sea encounter involving a foreign warship that lost power, propulsion and radar while following a People’s Liberation Army destroyer, an account that resembles incidents this year involving US Navy destroyers in the region. The incident occurred when a foreign vessel conducted aggressive close shadowing of the PLA Navy Type 055 destroyer Zunyi during routine training by the Chinese vessel, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday. The CCTV...

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