Posted on 02/14/2023 12:15:02 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan
The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest against China on Tuesday after a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship targeted a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel with a military-grade laser in disputed waters earlier this month.
The incident, which reportedly caused temporary blindness among Filipino crew members, occurred near Second Thomas Shoal, 105 nautical miles (approximately 121 miles) off the Philippine province of Palawan — well within the country’s 200-nautical mile (approximately 230 miles) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) — in the West Philippine Sea on Feb. 6.
In its eighth protest against the Chinese Embassy in Manila this year — and 203rd overall — the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) condemned “the shadowing, harassment, dangerous maneuvers, directing of military-grade laser and illegal radio challenges” posed by CCG ship 5205 against the PCG vessel, BRP Malapascua, as it carried out a resupply mission to the shoal.
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203 protests? Send a 6 inch shell through the bridge next time.
A laser that powerful can cause permanent blindness. That act qualifies as an attack, not a nautical warning. the CCP Navy is becoming dangerously aggressive.
I hate the damn Chinese.
Rudest, most racist bunch of thieving assholes on the face of the Earth.
A laser that powerful can cause permanent blindness. That act qualifies as an attack, not a nautical warning. the CCP Navy is becoming dangerously aggressive.
REALLY strongly worded letter to follow?
Philippines invest in mirrors for ships.
Start kicking the ChiComs outta PI. Until you do, this is all BS.
Unfortunately the Philippine Navy hasn’t got a 6” gun. The biggest they have on operational ships is 76.2mm
Did it ever occur to them that they’re being ignored?
Then they need some! Actually, I’d like to see them get some diesel electric submarines. Lot of plausible deniability there.
And I was being slightly sarcastic. I am not aware of anyone with anything over a 5 inch these days. Are you?
Zumwalt class has 155mm guns.
“According to NAVSEA, these three stealthy high-tech Zumwalt destroyers have changed their missions from Land Attack to Surface Warfare, otherwise known as the sinking of other ships, due to the lack of available production rounds for their 155mm (Land Attack) Armored Gun Systems’ (AGS) magazines, making the 155mm AGSs still in the inactive state as of January 2021. The original intended 155mm long-range attack projectiles just cost too much, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per round, and hence the U.S. Navy canceled the AGS shell program.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/03/us-navys-zumwalt-class-destroyers-update-with-navsea/
Hey Philippine Navy. Laser safety glasses only $9.00 each. Prime delivery.:
That’s what I understood.
Its not clear to me whether they can use standard NATO 155mm separate loading rounds. If so they could still be useful at shorter ranges than originally planned. Coming that close to shore targets (@30km) may be undesirable of course.
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