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PH Navy gets patrol boats from China

July 31, 2018 by PNA 1 Comment



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The Philippine Navy on Monday released photos of the four patrol boats donated by China.

The 12-meter blue boats have an estimated speed of 30 to 32 knots. The Navy also received 30 units of rocket-propelled grenade launchers and ammunition, Navy spokesperson Cdr. Jonathan Zata said.PH Navy gets patrol boats from China

The Navy is still assessing where the boats will be used, but Zata said these were a welcome addition to their fleet.

“It’s an added platform for our counter-terrorism efforts, HADR (humanitarian assistance and disaster response) and maritime law enforcement operations,” he said.

At the moment, the boats have no sleeping quarters and provisions for extended operations at sea.

A ranking Navy official did not seem impressed. “It’s an additional asset but it’s not tried and tested.”

“Pakitang tao (It’s a pretense),” he said of China’s gesture.

In late 2016, China offered military assistance of $14 million worth of small arms and fast boats to the Philippines for free.

China had also previously donated thousands of rifles and ammunition to the Philippine police and military as it battled Islamic State-linked terrorists in Marawi City.

President Rodrigo Duterte chose to seek warmer ties with China after a bitter territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea during the previous administration. He pursued an independent foreign policy and sought closer ties with China and Russia as it distanced the Philippines from the US.

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Despite the friendly relationship between the two countries, China continues to assert “indisputable sovereignty” over the South China Sea with its nine-dash line claim. It was invalidated by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in 2016 but China has refused to acknowledge the ruling.

The Philippine government has also played down the ruling in exchange of economic investments and friendly ties with China.

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  1. chinky says

    August 1, 2018 at 12:31 pm

    mount those grenade launchers to those boats and fire at the chinese coast guard and poachers

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