Tensions have risen again between the Chinese and Philippine coast guards in the disputed region of the South China Sea.
The moment when two ships collided and the Chinese ship intervened with pressurized water was caught on camera.
The time bomb of the Philippines' BRP Sierra Madre is ticking down to zero
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Tensions have risen again between the Chinese and Philippine coast guards in the disputed region of the South China Sea.
The moment when two ships collided and the Chinese ship intervened with pressurized water was caught on camera.
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Tried to damage the equipments, the radar spin lel.
NSC weighs in on China floating nuclear reactors
It will be a threat to Philippine national security if China pushes through with its reported plan to use floating nuclear power plants in the South China Sea, a national security official said yesterday.
National Security Council assistant director general Jonathan Malaya, in an interview with “Storycon” on One News, said the nuclear power plants – if installed – would be used to power military bases located on artificial islands that China built, including those within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
The reported plan is something the Philippines dreads as it would further militarize the artificial islands, he added.
“These militarized features in the West Philippine Sea are actually artificial islands and some of them are within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines… It is not in our interest that they are doing this. They are, in effect, further militarizing the islands,” Malaya said.
“These features are primarily military bases. Anything that supports their military presence in those islands is technically a threat to our national security and against our interests,” he added.
Last week, the Washington Post reported about China’s plan to use floating nuclear reactors to power the military bases it built on reclaimed lands.
It cited the concern raised by US Indo-Pacific Command Adm. John Aquilino, who retired from the US Navy last Friday, and an unidentified senior official from the US State Department.
“China’s intended use of floating nuclear power plants has potential impacts to all nations in the region,” Aquilino was quoted as saying in the Washington Post report.
“Chinese state media has stated publicly Beijing’s intent to use them to strengthen its military control of the South China Sea, further exerting their unlawful territorial claims. China’s claim of sovereignty of the entire South China Sea has no basis in international law and is destabilizing the entire region,” he added.
China has not responded to the report, although it was reported last year that it had supposedly suspended its plan to build floating nuclear reactors.
Also in the interview, Malaya said China should not see the Philippines’ activities as provocation, noting that the Balikatan exercises are a way for the country’s military to improve its capabilities.
He also confirmed plans of the Philippines and the US, along with countries such as Australia, to conduct joint patrols in the South China Sea.
“That is already a given,” he said.
A joint resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal, however, is a different matter, noting that bringing in a foreign military to undertake a Philippine operation may be seen as “escalating the ante.”
“That’s under discussion by both parties,” said Malaya, noting that the current resupply missions are undertaken “100 percent” by the Philippines.
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Well, China is doing the right thing for its own interests. Philippines actually needed to do similar on island they claim and expand the islets to have bigger impact. But due to it's economic woes it can not do so and US as hell ain't going to help with that part.
I doubt they'd even finance it.
I doubt they'd even finance it.
Pentagon on China’s “very concerning” attack @ Ayungin Shoal in Philippine territory “This kind of behavior is provocative. It’s reckless. It’s unnecessary. & it could lead to something bigger & more violent”
A significant escalation — everything you need to know
• Chinese Coast Guard & Maritime Militia employed the “dangerous & deliberate use of water cannons, ramming, & blocking”
• 8 Filipinos injured, including one who lost a thumb, near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal
• Collided, boarded, searched, & seized multiple Philippine boats, & confiscated firearms
• Disrupted the mission & prevented resupply
• Established & enforcing a de facto blockade
• Beijing wasted no time weaponizing a recently enacted law that allows the CCG to detain “trespassers” by force & without trial, anywhere within its vast claims across the SCS
• 3rd incident since March where Philippine personnel have been injured by Chinese forces
• Will Beijing try to normalize this hostile behavior?
“This is the third instance of Philippine personnel getting injured by Chinese forces in their missions to resupply the Marine outpost at Second Thomas Shoal. The South China Sea feature has been the site of numerous incidents between China and the Philippines. These encounters have since escalated to include the injury of Philippine personnel, with the first reported incident injuring four sailors during a March resupply mission.”
More Context to Yesterday’s Chinese Provocations
On June 15th a new Chinese Coast Guard regulation (#3) took effect that allows it to detain foreigners it apprehends in waters under its jurisdiction. Given China’s claims to the entirety of the South China Sea - this would apply to Second Thomas Shoal where tensions are running high with the Philippines.
This comes after a 2021 law authorized lethal force by Chinese Coast Guard against foreign vessels:
A war is gradually coming to the Philippines.
In May, Philippine president Fredinand Marcos said that the death of any Filipino during operations in the South China Sea would “cross a red line,” USNI reported. “If a Filipino citizen was killed by a wilful act, that is very close to what we define as an act of war,” Marcos said in May during the Shagri-La dialouge. “We would have crossed the Rubicon. Is that a red line? Almost certainly.”
“There is fear that territorial disputes in the South China Sea, long regarded as an Asian flashpoint, could escalate and pit the United States and China in a larger conflict.”
“There is fear that territorial disputes in the South China Sea, long regarded as an Asian flashpoint, could escalate and pit the United States and China in a larger conflict.”
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Like I said, Nothing will change unless you mark your claim with absolute force. A vessel that is rusting away and trying to supply is isn't fucking going to change a goddamn thing.
Mark your claim, by building, expanding and investing in the shoals. And back it up with whatever Naval Force you can.
Philippines need to be more aggressive, but lack the means to do so. But they could get help from their allies.
Shocking new details & video shows China’s “brutal assault” on the Philippines
- Chinese Coast Guard deployed tear gas
- “In a brazen act of aggression, Filipino troops valiantly fought back & defended their position”
- CCG employed physical attacks, bladed weapons, blaring sirens, & blinding strobe lights
- Threatened Philippine soldiers with axes, knives, & bolos, & began hurling rocks & other objects
- “In an act of piracy, CCG personnel proceeded to loot supplies & pilfer equipment”
- Violently attached ropes to tow Philippine boats & slashed RHIBs, rendering them inoperable
