{
  "id": 12875396,
  "title": "Did a US warship lose power while chasing a Chinese destroyer in the South China Sea?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/did-a-us-warship-lose-power-while-chasing-a-chinese-destroyer-in-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T13:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3370182/did-us-warship-lose-power-while-chasing-chinese-destroyer-south-china-sea"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Chinese navy says it had a rare South China Sea encounter involving a foreign warship that lost power, propulsion and radar while following a People’s Liberation Army destroyer, an account that resembles incidents this year involving US Navy destroyers in the region. The incident occurred when a foreign vessel conducted aggressive close shadowing of the PLA Navy Type 055 destroyer Zunyi…",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Did a US warship lose power while chasing a Chinese destroyer in the South China Sea?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/did-a-us-warship-lose-power-while-chasing-a-chinese-destroyer-in-the-12876913",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:00:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}