The Philippines completed a quote ‘flawless’ rotation and resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre on Friday, February 2.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/brings-supplies-ayungin-shoal-flawless-mission-february-2024/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/brings-supplies-ayungin-shoal-flawless-mission-february-2024/
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00:00 The Philippines completed a "flawless rotation and resupply mission" to the BRP Sierra
00:05 Madre on Friday, February 2.
00:08 The completed mission to the makeshift military outpost in Ayungin Shoal is confirmed by armed
00:13 forces of the Philippines' spokesperson, Colonel Francel Padilla.
00:18 Friday's resupply mission is the first mission by sea completed in 2024 after a bilateral
00:23 meeting between the Philippines and China.
00:26 Crime defense expert Ray Powell notes, "The resupply seems to have encountered virtually
00:30 no resistance from China."
00:33 This is very different from past resupply missions, where Chinese ships subjected Philippine
00:37 vessels to harassment, shadowing, and water canoning.
00:42 China claims practically the entire South China Sea and sees resupply missions as violations
00:47 of its sovereignty.
00:49 Beijing also refuses to recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling that recognized the Philippines'
00:54 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea.
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