MANILA — China's 'aggressive behaviour' in the South China Sea, including the use of water canon by its coast guard against a Philippine vessel, must be challenged and checked, the commander of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet said on Sunday (Aug 27). Vice Admiral Karl Thomas assured the Philippines of US backing in the face of 'shared challenges' in the...
A Chinese naval Z-9 helicopter prepares to land aboard the People's Liberation Army frigate CNS Huangshan as the ship conducts a series of maneuvers and exchanges with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett in the South China Sea June 16, 2017.
The largest of the US Navy's forward-deployed fleets, the Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Japan, operates as many as 70 ships, has around 150 aircraft and more than 27,000 sailors."You have to challenge people I would say operating in a grey zone. When they're taking a little bit more and more and pushing you, you've got to push back, you have to sail and operate," Thomas told Reuters.
On Aug 5, a Chinese coast guard ship used water cannon against a Philippine boat carrying supplies to troops aboard a warship Manila intentionally grounded on a shoal in the South China sea, a fault line in the rivalry between the US and Beijing in the region. "We certainly shared challenges. So I wanted to better understand how he views the operations that he's responsible for. And I want to make sure that he understood what I had available," said Thomas who was in Manila for a port call.
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