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Chinese Coast Guard Rams Two Philippine Ships in the South China Sea – HotAir

Early Monday morning, Chinese Coast Guard vessels rammed into two different ships belonging to the Philippines Coast Guard leaving huge holes in the ships. The incident happened near Sabina Shoal as the Philippines’ ships were on a resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal.

In the dead of the night Monday, between the hours of 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. local time, at least three collisions occurred between coast guard ships belonging to China and the Philippines. The first tore a hole 3.6 feet in diameter on the starboard side of a Philippine coast guard vessel, the Philippines said.

About 16 minutes later, a Chinese coast guard vessel rammed another Philippine coast guard ship twice, ripping a gap 2.5 feet long and 3 feet wide on the port side, according to the Philippines…

“We can fairly say that this is the biggest structural damage we have incurred as a result of the dangerous…

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