‘Nothing suspicious’ even as PH Navy monitors most number of Chinese vessels in WPS
The Philippine Navy (PN) spotted 207 Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last week, the most number this year since the monitoring started in February, but a ranking official said it does not mean that something suspicious is ongoing in the disputed areas. (Martin Sadongdong | MB)
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00:00We are still trying to assess why there is an increase in number in Iroquois or Aruzul Reef.
00:07However, we could say that for Sabina or Rizwanda, it's because of the extra attention that we have given to that particular show.
00:14For Iroquois or Aruzul, we are still trying to assess.
00:19The Gizonia is a very welcome move. This will help us secure the integrity of our communications.
00:25Even without the West Philippine Sea issue, we welcome the objectives of Gizonia to help us secure the integrity of our communications.
00:34And they don't bring in other forces from the East Sea Fleet or the North Sea Fleet that this is still within the normal range of their capability.
00:44The moment they bring in forces from the other theatres, the East Sea and the South Sea Fleets, it will depend on the total number of the Coast Guard, Maritime Militia and PLA Navy under the South Sea Fleet.
01:08The South Sea Fleet open sources will tell us that there are around 80 to 90 ships and submarines.
01:13For the Coast Guard, roughly 25 to 35.
01:17For the Maritime Militia, we have monitored in the past two or three years ago a high of 250, even up to 300.
01:26So long as the numbers don't exceed what we have monitored, it indicates that this is still within the range of the South Sea Fleet capabilities to deploy forces.
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