MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese coast guard ship, considered the world's largest, conducted a brief 'intrusive patrol' into the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) west of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese coast guard ship, considered the world's largest, conducted a brief 'intrusive patrol' into the Philippines' exclusive economic zone west of Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea.Based on monitoring by Sealight, a maritime transparency project that monitors and reports activities in the South China Sea, the 165-meter China Coast Guard 5901 was accompanied by the 102-meter CCG 5203 for 24 hours or from May 23 to 24.
The 12,000-ton CCG 5901 was armed with heavy machine guns and also has a helicopter platform and a hangar large enough to accommodate larger rotary-wing aircraft.By tonnage, the CCG 5901 is double the size of a United States Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser and is also bigger than an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.
Sends Largest Coast Guard Ship On 24-Hour 'Intrusive Patrol' Into Scarborough Shoal
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