The Philippines says Chinese vessels undertook “aggressive” maneuvers against a ship transporting supplies to fishermen. The incident is the latest in a series of confrontations near a disputed South China Sea shoal.

  • @[email protected]
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    1819 days ago

    China keeps getting real FAFO with Filipino ships.

    thailand, Indonesia, okay, they’re not internationally aggressive countries and have a lot of economic deals with China.

    but the Philippines?

    china is banking on “my boats are so big”, but that doesn’t translate to combat readiness and if they continue sustained escalating conflicts or the Philippines stops putting up with their shit, I’m leaning Philippines the same way i was leaning Ukraine.

    and guess who’ll be getting military aid from NATO?

    • @[email protected]
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      319 days ago

      What Ukraine has demonstrated recently is that big ships aren’t shit against surface drones.

      If I were Philippines naval commander I’d be investing in explosive speed boats.

      • @[email protected]
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        319 days ago

        Filipinos have been running guerilla wars for a long time against a lot of invaders, I’d be surprised if they don’t have explosive boats and other measures on hand now, especially after so much antagonism by china.

  • @I_Has_A_Hat
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    519 days ago

    Accuses? Seems like it would be pretty easy to prove right?

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      419 days ago

      China says the Filipino ship deliberately collided with the Chinese ship.

      The collision is easy to prove, intent isn’t.