Navy Races To Recover Crashed Jet And Helicopter From South China Sea!

James Kaufman, World News Report Today. Navy races to recover crashed jet and helicopter from South China Sea. The U.S. Navy is working to retrieve an F/A-18 Super Hornet and an MH-60 helicopter from the bottom of the South China Sea. Wreckage that analysts say could hand Beijing valuable intelligence if China were to reach it first. Both aircraft went down within about 30 minutes of each other in late October while operating from the USS Nimitz. All personnel were rescued, and while the Navy has not identified a cause, President Donald Trump suggests soon afterwards that contaminated fuel may be responsible. The Navy has confirmed Friday that a salvage vessel is already on site. The USNS Salvor. A Safeguard-class salvage ship operated by Military Sealift Command is on scene conducting operations in support of the recovery efforts, said Commander Matthew Comer of the 7th Fleet. The Salvor can lift up to 300 tons, far more than the weight of either aircraft. CNN writes that experts warn that both wrecks contain technology China would more than like to examine. Carl Schuster, former director of operations at U.S. Pacific Command's Joint Intelligence Center, said, quote, acquiring an airframe of surviving systems will provide valuable insights to its technological strengths and how to defeat it tactically. He noted that Beijing has never had access to an F/A-18. Recovering one would help China refine its carrier-based J-15T jets. The MH-60, the helicopter, has anti-submarine warfare systems that could also offer insight to the PLA Navy that Schuster said is urgently trying to modernize itself. So recovering that helicopter should be the highest priority. God bless, folks. Let's go get them. Please share, subscribe, and always remember that anything's possible in Bizarro World.