The latest investigation results of collision accidents in the United States are released. Whose fault is this?

The frequent collision accidents of advanced warships in the United States are due to their lack of ability or the "enemy" is too strong? The American guided missile destroyer "McCain" collided with the ship, and the commander of the Seventh Fleet was also dismissed. However, all kinds of whimsical "conspiracy theories" are still emerging one after another, and even the story of ship collision has become increasingly full.

Suspicious China merchant ship

Singapore's Straits Times reported on August 27th that USS McCain was hit. One way of saying this is that the destroyer was the victim of cyber attacks and hackers attacked its system. Some analysts said that "McCain" was out of control before the plane collision. "Jane's International Navy" defense analyst Ridzwan? Lamotte said that it may be that some warships sent out electronic jamming signals, which affected the accuracy of radar systems of other ships.

The "McCain" after being hit.

Which country's warships are so powerful? The answer given by The Times of Britain is that there is a great possibility of China's merchant ship "Guangzhou Bay". The report quoted a former commander of the Royal Navy as saying that determining the activities of the China merchant ship "Guangzhou Bay" may be the key factor to find out the cause of the accident of "McCain". Ship tracking data showed that there was a China ship behind the Liberian oil tanker before it hit the McCain, but the China ship turned around before the accident. The former officer claimed: "This makes people feel that the fleet has to investigate potential problems from a wider scope-hacking, crew training, how they sail, and confirming the standards for sailors on duty to observe ships."

The Times said that the US Navy did not rule out destructive factors such as cyber attacks when investigating the second fatal collision accident this year. The former commander of the British Royal Navy said that the steering system of American warships or oil tankers may be attacked by hackers, and the China merchant ship "Guangzhou Bay" may have played a role.

The commercial tracking website "Ship Database" released a video showing the collision between the warship "McCain" and the tanker, from which it can be seen that just before the collision between the two ships, the tanker almost turned 90 degrees to the left. Because this is a website that tracks merchant ships, the video does not show the location of American destroyers. In this regard, the former British naval officer explained that there were several different explanations for the movement of the Liberian registered oil tanker Alnic MC involved in the accident. The tanker may have deviated from the course because of the impact force, or it may have turned to avoid the impact, or it may have been manipulated and hit a warship. He thinks, "If you observe the trajectory of the China ship from the beginning, you will find that it has been following the tanker until the tanker changes direction and the China ship turns right and sails north. At the time of the accident, the China ship was far from the scene of the accident. "

China merchant ship "Guangzhou Bay"

Perhaps this statement is too sensational. The Times quoted another former senior British official who watched the video to balance it. This person believes that the accident looks more like "American warships crossed the shipping line, causing chaos." To deliberately create a collision incident requires multi-party coordination. "

The us military will also carry out operations in the south China sea.

Singapore's Straits Times reported that the first accident may be an accident, the second accident may be a coincidence, but the third accident will be regular. Naturally, there will be a "conspiracy theory" in the explanation of the collision of the McCain. One view is that hackers destroyed the computer system of the McCain or the computer system of the merchant ship. George, founder of American network security company Crowd Strike? Katz told the Straits Times that the computer system of the "McCain" may not be damaged, but whether someone manipulated the global positioning system (GPS) to make the destroyer deviate from the course is worth examining. He also claimed that any assessment of the ship collision incident should be considered in the geopolitical context. Before the collision of "McCain", the destroyer had just completed its "freedom of navigation" cruise in the South China Sea. During the cruise, "McCain" was repeatedly warned by China warships.

The United States has repeatedly hyped China hackers.

In fact, as soon as the news of the plane collision came out, many Americans suspected that "China was playing tricks". Two days ago, a friend told reporters that he met an American with considerable status on the night of the incident to talk about this matter. Americans even say that if there is evidence that an American ship was hit by China, it is an act of war. At that time, the reporter thought that he was either joking or just representing the imagination of individual Americans. But later, the reporter had lunch with the head of a well-known American media station in China. The person in charge said that he asked the US military, the embassy and friends in the State Council to write an article, which everyone thought was not that simple. This may be a cyber attack in China, and the investigation is proceeding cautiously.

American officials admitted that no evidence of hacking was found. At the same time, it also said that the collision accident did not affect its "freedom of navigation" action in the South China Sea. According to reports from Reuters, Admiral O'Shaughnessy, commander of the US Pacific Air Force, who is visiting the Asia-Pacific region, said on the 25th that the collision of the "McCain" plane will not affect the defense capability of the United States in this region. He said, "These accidents will not affect our actions ... We will resolutely sail and fly anywhere permitted by international law."

Logical defects of "conspiracy theory"

Although the story of "China's hacker attack led to the collision of American warships after cruising in the South China Sea" is very attractive, it is difficult to answer external cross-examination. The German Global News Network said on August 27 that it is difficult to explain such a statement. Why did so many similar accidents happen in the US military within six months? If the previous accident was also done by hackers, why didn't the US military stop it? Obviously, such a guess is very unconvincing.

Besides China, Russia is also one of the targets of criticism. A website in the United States said that although the accident did happen, it is entirely possible that the accident was not an accident. Both China and Russia have successfully verified their maritime cyber warfare capabilities.

Mcclatchy website quoted Todd, a professor at the University of Texas? Humphries' analysis said that the navigation system was attacked by hackers and there were precedents that affected the operation of ships in the past. In June this year, GPS was attacked by deception in the eastern part of the Black Sea. Twenty ships were affected, the navigation equipment could not work normally, and hackers induced the ships to sail to the wrong position. Humphries believes that the "deception" attack at that time should be a signal from Russia. This hacking method does not need the deep coding skills of expensive equipment and software, and now it can be realized with simple software.

The collision accident of Fitzgerald

Russia is used to the suspicion from the United States. "Is it Putin's fault again?" Russia's Pravda said that some people in the United States claimed that the United States has always accused Russian hackers of interfering in the US presidential election, and now it has shifted the responsibility for the plane collision incident to Russia. On Russian social networks, some netizens said that the US statement was disappointing. Once again, the United States put its own fault on the Russians. Their logic now is that any problem in the United States is the fault of the Russians.

"Popular Mechanics" magazine commented that "McCain" was not the victim of GPS attack. The enemies of the United States really want to destroy the GPS system on which the US military depends and interfere or "cheat" it. But the problem is that if hostile countries send signals to trick American destroyers, these signals must be strong enough to cause accidents, so it is impossible for regional ships not to receive these interference signals. Conspiracy theorists ignore the fact that the GPS system is not the only means used by the US Navy for navigation.

According to the American Business Insider website, the recent cyber attacks have caused people to attach great importance to the safety of maritime navigation. At present, maritime navigation is highly dependent on computer networks, and it is easier for individuals or non-state actors to obtain the software and electronic equipment needed to interfere with GPS systems. However, some experts believe that it is unlikely that the "McCain" will collide with the ship because it is very difficult to penetrate the naval command and navigation system. Some people think that it is unlikely that there is an attack directed by the state behind the plane collision, because it is an abuse of resources and strategically unwise.

Singapore's Straits Times reported on August 27th that Biesinger, a regional security expert at the Rajaratnam Institute of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, believed that the greater challenge facing the US Navy was fatigue and complacency. The report said that the members of the US Navy are people, not gods, and they are also under tremendous pressure, and the resources at hand are being stretched. (According to People's Daily Online)

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