110 Chinese militia vessels, namataan sa WPS; Phl Navy, ayaw isiping dahil 'yan sa Balikatan

8 months ago

Umakyat na sa mahigit 100 ang Chinese militia vessels na na-monitor sa West Philippine Sea... kung kelan pa naman ginaganap ang Balikatan Exercises.

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00:00More than 100 Chinese militia vessels were monitored in the West Philippine Sea.

00:08When will the Balikatan Exercises be held?

00:12Ian Cruz is on the scene.

00:18At the start of the Balikatan Exercises yesterday,

00:20the Philippine Navy monitored 110 Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea.

00:28That's more than double the number of Chinese militia vessels that were monitored in the West Philippine Sea last week.

00:33And the number of Chinese militia vessels that were monitored in the West Philippine Sea last week is far from its average number in the past few months.

00:37We have been monitoring their presence for the past two months since I became the PNS Boxer of the West Philippine Sea.

00:43And like what I said, it's a fairly constant number.

00:46From a low of 33 to a high of 69 on a weekly basis.

00:49This upsurge is out of the normal.

00:53The Chinese Coast Guard and People's Liberation Army Navy have also monitored 11 Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea.

01:00As the rotation and resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea intensified,

01:04the Chinese Coast Guard and the Chinese militia vessels helped to block the Philippine ships heading for Ayungin Shoal.

01:12Although they were not alarmed, the Philippine Navy did not want to think that the increase of Chinese vessels was due to the Balikatan Exercises.

01:22Where the group sail of the Philippine ships America and France is expected to be.

01:28Before the Balikatan Exercises started, several maritime vessels were spotted near the mainland of Palawan.

01:35Westcom and Naval Forces West were monitoring them.

01:38And Westcom dispatched a Coast Guard vessel to intercept them.

01:42However, when the Coast Guard vessel got to their track, both ships were gone.

01:47Meanwhile, a Chinese newspaper published a plan to sink a ship as part of the Balikatan Exercises exercise in the northern part of Ilocos.

01:57This is the non-active Philippine Navy ship BRT Lake Caliraya.

02:02The allegation of the statement is that the ship is Chinese made.

02:17The vessel has been used in the Philippines for a long, long time.

02:23So any attachment, if ever there is any, doesn't matter at all.

02:30It's an old Navy vessel which we decommissioned.

02:33And just like in any sinking exercise around the world, they use old vessels as the target of the exercise.

02:46And the same thing we are doing with Lake Caliraya.

02:50For GMA Integrated News, Ian Cruz, Nakatuto, 24 Horas.

110 Chinese militia vessels, namataan sa WPS; Phl Navy, ayaw isiping dahil 'yan sa Balikatan | 24 Oras

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