China Coast Guard and Patrol vessels

An Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) maritime domain awareness (MDA) patrol on Wednesday observed 11 China Coast Guard watercraft forces exercising at Second Thomas Shoal with several armed fast boats and rigid-hulled inflatable boats. Compared to previous instances of China Coast Guard small boats, the Philippine military noted that these vessels “have been upgraded with mounted weapons.”

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shows a Chinese small boat equipped with a heavy machine gun and crewed by personnel wearing camouflaged fatigues approaching the Philippine patrol.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

While this particular new cutter launched at Huangpu-Wenchong is not confirmed to feature pump-jets - There's one new cutter launched at Hudong-Zhonghua which is confirmed to be the case:

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Notice the stern section.

4x pump-jets and 4x smaller exhaust holes (CODAD).

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