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Phillipine Navy Spokesperson on the West Philippine Sea Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad on Tuesday confirmed the sighting of a Chinese aircraft carrier off the Western part of Luzon.
“We have to understand that the WPS is a nautical highway, it could be likened to EDSA. On an ordinary day, Ships are coming there from the straits of Malacca exit to the South China Sea,” Trinidad said. “Some of them respond, some of them do not. Not only the PLA Navy but even the other warships. Some of them respond, some of them do not,” he said.
Shandong, one of the two aircraft carriers under the PLA-N’s fleet, is also likely on a scheduled exercise in preparation for a potential voyage into the West Pacific Ocean, the Global Times also reported. Based on the recent monitoring of the Philippine Navy, there were a total of 95 Chinese vessels roaming Philippine water features – 13 of them were CCG Vessels, 5 of which were spotted in Bajo de Masinloc and Ayungin Shoal while one ship was spotted in Pag-asa Islands and two in Sabina Shoal.
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