West PH Sea: China fires flares at unarmed Philippine aircraft
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West PH Sea: China fires flares at unarmed Philippine aircraft
MANILA, Philippines — Chinese forces fired flares at an unarmed Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) aircraft conducting a routine surveillance flight over the West Philippine Sea, the PCG said on Thursday. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fired flares twice on Monday as the aircraft conducted a maritime domain awareness (MDA) flight over the Kalayaan Island Group
In the area of the Spratley Archipelago, Chinese military allegedly fired flares towards an unarmed Philippine Coast Guard aircraft during a patrol flight, told the Philippine Coast Guard spokesman, Jay Tarriel. "On 7 September, the Philippine Coast Guard recorded repeated rocket launches by the People's Liberation Army of China (NLA) against an unarmed PSG aircraft carrying out a legitimate flight to monitor the area over the Kalayaan Archipela…
Chinese survey vessel, flare incidents raise concerns
A CHINESE marine research vessel operating near Philippine waters and two reported incidents involving the firing of flares at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) aircraft have raised fresh concerns over Beijing’s activities in the West Philippine Sea.Civic leader and national security expert Jose Antonio Goitia said the Chinese research vessel Haiyang Dizhi 12 Hao was detected on Sept. 5 about 186.68 nautical miles west-northwest of Bolinao, Pangasina…
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