The incident coincided with a weeklong exercise by the U.S. military off Guam involving more than 22,000 troops, dozens of ships and hundreds of aircraft. U.S. officials have said that the war games, which began Tuesday, were not connected in any way to world events or targeted at any country.
Depending on what the Chinese are getting ready for in 2008, honing our skills of our Guam-based forces could come in handy.
Even though the maneuvers weren't targeted at any country or connected to world events. We're funny that way, we train for situations that we think won't ever arise.