The Philippines says Chinese vessels undertook “aggressive” maneuvers against a ship transporting supplies to fishermen. The incident is the latest in a series of confrontations near a disputed South China Sea shoal.

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    What Ukraine has demonstrated recently is that big ships aren’t shit against surface drones.

    If I were Philippines naval commander I’d be investing in explosive speed boats.

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      2 months ago

      Filipinos have been running guerilla wars for a long time against a lot of invaders, I’d be surprised if they don’t have explosive boats and other measures on hand now, especially after so much antagonism by china.