THIS MORNING: China Challenged the US Navy in the South China Sea—And Learned a Brutal Lesson ..

June 14th, 2025. The USS Princeton, a steel titan of American resolve, sliced through the South China Sea under a sky so blue it hurt your eyes. At 0923 hours, her SPY radar painted a blip on the horizon—an old foe, a Chinese Type 052D destroyer, Jon Chong, lurking at 200 kilometers. Suddenly, the Chinese ship surged from 18 to 30 knots. It wasn’t a routine patrol anymore. It was a high-stakes chess match.