🚨As of 0640 local time, the 102-meter 🇨🇳#China Coast Guard 4202 popped up at Iroquois Reef off the coast of Palawan in the 🇵🇭#Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Based on its intermittent detectability, it appears to be using the weaker Class B AIS safety broadcasts. [🧵1/3]
A ship of this size should be broadcasting Class A AIS signals under International Maritime Organization safety rules (sealight.live/posts/what-is-…), but the 🇨🇳#China Coast Guard ships routinely defy these rules to evade detection. [🧵2/3]
@GordianKnotRay @AndrewSErickson @CollinSLKoh @duandang @SCS_news @DzirhanDefence @franco_jose72 @mavgonzales @brentdsadler @Aaron_MatthewIL @theadtan relax, it is just freedom of navigation.
@GordianKnotRay @AndrewSErickson @CollinSLKoh @duandang @SCS_news @DzirhanDefence @franco_jose72 @mavgonzales @brentdsadler @Aaron_MatthewIL @theadtan What’s this pirates doing close to the shoreline?
@GordianKnotRay @AndrewSErickson @CollinSLKoh @duandang @SCS_news @DzirhanDefence @franco_jose72 @mavgonzales @brentdsadler @Aaron_MatthewIL @theadtan Ph resources was already deteriorated and exploited in the west ph sea by China.. Nothing left except oil...what is really your definition of DEFENSE of a territory?