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It was a high-stakes chess match.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Unknown to the Americans, Jon Chong\u2019s captain had just received a message from Beijing: \u201cIntercept the Americans. Make them blink first.\u201d But Beijing was about to discover why poking the US Navy in open water is the diplomatic equivalent of juggling live grenades.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"thenewzpost.com_responsive_2\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/thenewzpost.com\/thenewzpost.com_responsive_2_1\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"true\" data-origwidth=\"0\" data-origheight=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>At 0926, the Princeton\u2019s radar operators confirmed the threat. Inside the Combat Information Center, the tactical action officer watched the Chinese destroyer\u2019s vector with the calm of a man who knows he\u2019s holding 122 vertical launch cells\u2014enough firepower to turn any Chinese ship into a cautionary tale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div id=\"thenewzpost.com_responsive_3\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/thenewzpost.com\/thenewzpost.com_responsive_3_1\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"true\" data-origwidth=\"0\" data-origheight=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chinese destroyer was closing fast. Her YJ-18 anti-ship missiles could reach the Princeton in under four minutes once launched. But the Princeton\u2019s SM-6s could reach out even further and swat them out of the sky. 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