EventCanadian and U.S. forces have tracked the Chinese icebreakers Xue Long and Xue Long 2 since they entered the U.S. EEZ in July, operating outside Canada’s jurisdiction. A Royal Canadian Air Force CP‑140 has monitored them under Operation Latitude, while frigates, coast guard ships, CCGS Des Groseilliers and Special Operations Forces shadowed the vessels. The icebreakers can deploy advanced sonar and telemetry buoys that could collect strategically valuable undersea data.
Canada and the United States have been quietly monitoring two Chinese icebreaking research vessels operating in Arctic waters off Alaska for several weeks.
Canada and the United States are tracking two Chinese icebreakers that have entered Arctic waters off Alaska, signaling growing security vigilance amid worries over their scientific missions.
Two Chinese icebreaking research vessels, Xue Long and Xue Long 2, have been tracked by Canadian and U.S. forces in Arctic waters off Alaska after entering the U.S. EEZ in July. Officials fear the ships could collect strategic undersea data, raising surveillance and national security concerns.
Canada and the United States have been covertly tracking two Chinese research icebreakers—Xue Long and Xue Long 2—as they traversed the Bering Sea off Alaska, raising concerns that their advanced sonar and buoy deployments could support submarine surveillance and undersea cable mapping.