"Standoff" between Indian and Chinese ships off the coast of Somalia

Considering that just about every country in the world with a navy is sending ships to Somalia to battle islamic pirates, something like this was bound to happen. The incident doesn't seem to be so serious anyways. It appears the Indian submarine was just testing the defenses of the Chinese warships. Hindustan Times

An Indian submarine and two Chinese warships on an anti-piracy mission were recently locked in a tense standoff in the waters off Somalia, Chinese media reports said on Wednesday. The Indian Navy said none of its submarines were in the area.

In a rare reporting of the incident, Qingdao Chenbao, a Chinese daily, said the Indian submarine "stalked" the Chinese warships and they were "locked in a tense standoff for at least half an hour" after which the Indian submarine was forced to surface.

The submarine and the two warships were involved in several rounds of manoeuvring during which both sides evidently tried to test each other's sonar systems for weaknesses. The incident occurred Jan 15 in the waters near the Bab Al-Mandab Strait.

An Indian Navy spokesperson told IANS in New Delhi that "no Indian submarine surfaced in the area".