Pinoy and PRC navy in standoff

[Ahtong]

There's also a soon to be launched North Kimchi missile projected to impact somewhere in the area.

 

Pinoy's largest ship is a 40+ yo ex-Coast Guard cutter

 

 

Philippine warship in stand-off with China vessels

 

The Philippines said its largest warship was engaged in a tense stand-off with Chinese surveillance vessels at a disputed South China Sea shoal, after the ship attempted to arrest Chinese fishermen but was blocked by the surveillance craft.

 

Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario summoned Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing to resolve the dangerous impasse diplomatically. Del Rosario's office said in a statement that the Scarborough Shoal "is an integral part of Philippine territory" and Filipino authorities would assert sovereignty over the offshore area.

 

The shoal lies off the northwestern Philippine province of Zambales. China and the Philippines have been disputing ownership of the shoal, in addition to the Spratly Islands and other areas in the South China Sea.

 

Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the situation at the shoal "has not changed as of this morning. There's a stand-off."

 

The Department of Foreign Affairs said that on Sunday, a Philippine navy surveillance plane sighted eight Chinese fishing vessels anchored in a lagoon at Scarborough, prompting the military to deploy its largest warship, the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, which was recently acquired from the United States.

 

On Tuesday, Filipino sailors from the warship boarded the Chinese vessels for an inspection, discovering large amounts of illegally collected corals, giant clams and live sharks inside the first boat, the department said in a statement.

 

Two Chinese maritime surveillance ships, identified as Zhonggou Haijian 75 and Zhonggou Haijian 84, later approached and positioned themselves between the Philippine warship and the Chinese fishing vessels "thus preventing the arrests of the erring Chinese fishermen," the statement said.

 

Del Rosario protested to Ma, the Chinese ambassador in Manila, late Tuesday and told her that the Philippine navy would enforce Philippine laws, according to his office.

 

The Chinese Embassy in Manila did not immediately comment. Chinese officials, who refer to Scarborough Shoal as Huangyan Island, have in the past asserted Chinese sovereignty over the area.

 

The Philippines refers to the shoal, a rich fishing ground, as Panatag.

 

Last year, the Philippines accused Chinese vessels of intruding into other parts of what it considers Philippine territory near the South China Sea, including the Spratlys. China has regularly dismissed the protests, saying Beijing has indisputable sovereignty over those areas on historical grounds.

 

The Spratly Islands south of Scarborough Shoal are claimed by China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan. The chain of barren islands, reefs and coral outcrops are believed to be in rich in oil and gas and the overlapping claims have long been feared as Asia's next flashpoint for armed conflict.

 

The United States, a defence-treaty ally of the Philippines, last year provided the Philippine navy with a refurbished Coast Guard cutter as part of efforts to shore up its naval defenses.

 

Washington has insisted it takes no sides in the territorial dispute but says it should be solved peacefully. China has balked at what it considered a US interference in the region.

 

The disputes over the resource-rich Spratlys have settled into an uneasy stand-off since the last major clash involving China and Vietnam killed more than 70 Vietnamese sailors in 1988.

 

Faced with China's formidable military, the Philippines and Vietnam have forged closer ties. Aside from military accords, the two countries agreed to set up a hotline between their coast guards and maritime police to monitor maritime incidents, such as piracy and incursions into their territorial waters.

 

Philippine navy chief Vice Admiral Alexander Pama said on Tuesday that Philippine and Vietnamese sailors agreed to play football and basketball matches in the islands they occupy in the Spratlys in a novel way to build trust in the contested region.

 

PRC Ships

 

 

Edited April 11, 2012 by Ahtong

[Altivo]

and the pinoy ship's main armament is a Oto Melara 76 mm

[KARTer]

I suggest they settle things peac fully:-

 

Why not let phino maids have a beach volleyball match with prc ktv queens? Income from ticket sales go to charities

[The_Bear]

[Dualie]

What armament does the Chinese maritime surveillance ships have?

[Assaxefour]

I suggest they settle things peac fully:-

 

Why not let phino maids have a beach volleyball match with prc ktv queens? Income from ticket sales go to charities

Brilliant. you could be replace K shanmugan.

[Johorat]

What armament does the Chinese maritime surveillance ships have?

 

 

At best only assault rifles.

[LoverofCar]

 

The stone also broke into 2 wor....so the egg did not lost completely..

[LoverofCar]

Good lah..So we have less complain about too many FTs from these countries...The best all of them kana recall for war....

[The_Bear]

The stone also broke into 2 wor....so the egg did not lost completely..

 

My young padawan, you'll have to read deeper into the meaning of the movie.

 

The egg will be annihilated completely. No 2 way about that.

 

The stone will break into 2, letting a third party to take advantage of the situation.

 

One half will be fighting for their freedom, the other half will become FT in an unfortunate by-stander country.

 

This my friend, is the prophecy of the Wise One. Yout Ube.

[Adrianli]

Looks like this CMS84 ship very fierce leh. Not her first encounter with other vessels. She ship-bang with vietnam vessels last yr too.

 

 

On 26 May 2011, three China marine surveillance ships (CMS) attacked a Vietnamese oil exploring crew who was working totally within Vietnamese maritime border (116 Nautical miles from Vietnamese land. Maritime border is 200 Nautical miles from mainland).

 

Chinese crew: CMS 84, CMS 17, CMS 72 are Chinese naval ships

 

Vietnamese crew: +Binh Minh 02 (SunRise 02) - main ship carrying cable.

+Van Hoa 739 (Kaleidoscope 739), Dong Nam 02 (South East 02) and Binh An 01 (Peace 01) are unarmed protector ships

 

The CMSs attacked when the Vietnamese crew was setting up cables for exploration purpose. After the attack, 6km of the cable was cut and according to petroleum engineering experts, this type of cable is extra strengthen, therefore when a normal ship hit this cable, there can only be two possible outcome, either ship's rudder get jammed with the cable or it will drag the cable with it. So it was strongly believed that the Chinese had planned for the attack and equiped these ships with special cutting device.

 

5:18am, the attack started. CMSs try to approach Binh Minh 02 and go around to cut the cable (since the cable come out from Binh Minh 02, it float near the sea level around the ship). Binh Minh 02 had warned CMSs several times about the strong cable around it can damage any ship going near but there was no answer, instead, CMSs keep on coming until when they got near enough, they suddenly announced that Vietnamese ships were illigally sailing in Chinese territory (?!??)

CMS84 and CMS17, CMS72 coming in zig zag formation, planing to get through the Vietnamese protetor ships. Seeing what's about to happend, VNese protectors decided to do whatever it take to prevent them coming anywhere near Binh Minh 02.

 

Dong Nam 02 was assigned to stop CMS 84 while Van Hoa 739 and Binh An 01 stop CMS 17 and CMS 72.

Dong Nam 02 saw that CMS 84 came to dangerously close range with Binh Minh 02 and decided to ram it to push it away from danger zone. CMS 84 ran away after being rammed. Dong Nam 02 successfully push CMS 84 away, then came back to reinforce the others.

Meanwhile, Van Hoa 793 came in contact with CMS 72 to stop it from coming any closer and Binh An 01 ran parallel to CMS 17, ready to take any action if CMS 17 would do any harassment.

However, after running away, CMS 84 came back to attack, so Dong Nam 02 stayed to take care of CMS 72 and Van Hoa 739 go for CMS 84. CMS 84 saw Van Hoa coming and boosted its speed toward Binh Minh 02 (the cable ship). Van Hoa coundn't catch it in time so CMS 84 was able to cut the cable at 1km from Binh Minh.

Couldn't save the cable, the Vietnamese protectors still run around and repel the Chinese naval ships from more harassment to Binh Minh 02 and the 6km cable that was cut separated.

8.00 am, Van Hoa managed to pick one end of the cutted cable while Binh An got the other end, Dong Nam 02 cover the middle part and run parallel to Binh Minh 02. Chinese ships had stopped harashing but still threatening by running in circle. They only left when Vietnamese ships came back to quite close to Vietnamese mainland.

 

In this video: Dong Nam 02 rams CMS 84

In Part 2. Van Hoa 739 prevent CMS 72 from coming close

In Part 3. CMS 84 cut the cable.

 

After making it safety back, the Vietnamese sailors was rewarded for when risking their live to protect national property agaisnt Chinese navy.

[Maxus-MIFA9]

What armament does the Chinese maritime surveillance ships have?

 

Maybe the ship got nothing but they can radio for this ......

 

 

 

against Pinoy ship ....

[KARTer]

china playing bullies at sea?

 

Looks like this CMS84 ship very fierce leh. Not her first encounter with other vessels. She ship-bang with vietnam vessels last yr too.

 

 

On 26 May 2011, three China marine surveillance ships (CMS) attacked a Vietnamese oil exploring crew who was working totally within Vietnamese maritime border (116 Nautical miles from Vietnamese land. Maritime border is 200 Nautical miles from mainland).

 

Chinese crew: CMS 84, CMS 17, CMS 72 are Chinese naval ships

 

Vietnamese crew: +Binh Minh 02 (SunRise 02) - main ship carrying cable.

+Van Hoa 739 (Kaleidoscope 739), Dong Nam 02 (South East 02) and Binh An 01 (Peace 01) are unarmed protector ships

 

The CMSs attacked when the Vietnamese crew was setting up cables for exploration purpose. After the attack, 6km of the cable was cut and according to petroleum engineering experts, this type of cable is extra strengthen, therefore when a normal ship hit this cable, there can only be two possible outcome, either ship's rudder get jammed with the cable or it will drag the cable with it. So it was strongly believed that the Chinese had planned for the attack and equiped these ships with special cutting device.

 

5:18am, the attack started. CMSs try to approach Binh Minh 02 and go around to cut the cable (since the cable come out from Binh Minh 02, it float near the sea level around the ship). Binh Minh 02 had warned CMSs several times about the strong cable around it can damage any ship going near but there was no answer, instead, CMSs keep on coming until when they got near enough, they suddenly announced that Vietnamese ships were illigally sailing in Chinese territory (?!??)

CMS84 and CMS17, CMS72 coming in zig zag formation, planing to get through the Vietnamese protetor ships. Seeing what's about to happend, VNese protectors decided to do whatever it take to prevent them coming anywhere near Binh Minh 02.

 

Dong Nam 02 was assigned to stop CMS 84 while Van Hoa 739 and Binh An 01 stop CMS 17 and CMS 72.

Dong Nam 02 saw that CMS 84 came to dangerously close range with Binh Minh 02 and decided to ram it to push it away from danger zone. CMS 84 ran away after being rammed. Dong Nam 02 successfully push CMS 84 away, then came back to reinforce the others.

Meanwhile, Van Hoa 793 came in contact with CMS 72 to stop it from coming any closer and Binh An 01 ran parallel to CMS 17, ready to take any action if CMS 17 would do any harassment.

However, after running away, CMS 84 came back to attack, so Dong Nam 02 stayed to take care of CMS 72 and Van Hoa 739 go for CMS 84. CMS 84 saw Van Hoa coming and boosted its speed toward Binh Minh 02 (the cable ship). Van Hoa coundn't catch it in time so CMS 84 was able to cut the cable at 1km from Binh Minh.

Couldn't save the cable, the Vietnamese protectors still run around and repel the Chinese naval ships from more harassment to Binh Minh 02 and the 6km cable that was cut separated.

8.00 am, Van Hoa managed to pick one end of the cutted cable while Binh An got the other end, Dong Nam 02 cover the middle part and run parallel to Binh Minh 02. Chinese ships had stopped harashing but still threatening by running in circle. They only left when Vietnamese ships came back to quite close to Vietnamese mainland.

 

In this video: Dong Nam 02 rams CMS 84

In Part 2. Van Hoa 739 prevent CMS 72 from coming close

In Part 3. CMS 84 cut the cable.

 

After making it safety back, the Vietnamese sailors was rewarded for when risking their live to protect national property agaisnt Chinese navy.

 

[Adrianli]

What armament does the Chinese maritime surveillance ships have?

 

By right surveillance ship cannot have any armament.

 

But they willingly to ram ur vessel with their ship, aka kamikaze style.

[KARTer]

Brilliant. you could be replace K shanmugan.

not so easy, can they pay me twice wht they are paying him?... my time very expensive

[Donut]

Maybe the ship got nothing but they can radio for this ......

 

 

 

 

against Pinoy ship ....

 

And we send our navy guys out there to understudy real confrontation senario..........

[Donut]

not so easy, can they pay me twice wht they are paying him?... my time very expensive

 

you sure your leg hair costs more than his?

[Donut]

and the pinoy ship's main armament is a Oto Melara 76 mm

 

is that a BIG gun or a tiny one?