There is a reason why the Philippines went from the second highest GDP in Asia after WWII to where it is now. Philippines' HDI is much lower than that of North Korea's.
China's SCS Strategy Thread
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There is a reason why the Philippines went from the second highest GDP in Asia after WWII to where it is now. Philippines' HDI is much lower than that of North Korea's.
I've been saying it in this forum MDT doesn't cover the Spratly island or the islet in the SCS. Heck even when Malaysia invade Jolo or Basilan the American will not intervene, for them the Mainland Luzon, the Visayas and of Mindanao constitute the Philippine, those peripheries doesn't count.
plawolf
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Seems most likely all the other RHIBs meekly surrendered and followed Chinese instructions after they saw what happened to the first so there wasn’t a need to board them.
The descriptions are deliberately vague, and it’s interesting that a Philippino soldier lost a finger. Makes me wonder if maybe some sort of roped harpoon was used to hook the RHIB and reel it in. That makes a lot more sense then trying to chase down fast and nimble RHIBs, and also explains how firearms were seized. Because if they just chased the RHIB down and rammed it, it’s more likely that all the guns would have been lost as everyone and everything would have gone overboard. A high speed ramming is also far more likely to result in serious injury and deaths, which China would like to avoid if possible at this early stage.
That would also explain why the other RHIBs gave up instead of just running away.
The descriptions are deliberately vague, and it’s interesting that a Philippino soldier lost a finger. Makes me wonder if maybe some sort of roped harpoon was used to hook the RHIB and reel it in. That makes a lot more sense then trying to chase down fast and nimble RHIBs, and also explains how firearms were seized. Because if they just chased the RHIB down and rammed it, it’s more likely that all the guns would have been lost as everyone and everything would have gone overboard. A high speed ramming is also far more likely to result in serious injury and deaths, which China would like to avoid if possible at this early stage.
That would also explain why the other RHIBs gave up instead of just running away.
We are talking about armed forces here. Official military personnel, and so many were arrested and had their guns seized.
If there was any military officer with some kind of spine in their military, they should be committing sepukku for this huge humiliation lol
If there was any military officer with some kind of spine in their military, they should be committing sepukku for this huge humiliation lol
Sir when the Philippine Navy SEALS surrender others followed suit cause their role is to give support not to engage. Those SEALS are fully armed therefore it is a major surprise for the higher brass in the AFP that their main SOF (Special Operation Force) can't handle the unarmed Chinese Coast Guard and the Chinese militia. So there is a major rethink cause Ayugin shoal is one of many where the Chinese can escalate and the Philippine may employed their Navy cause the PCG lack the resources. If they do then It will give the Chinese the pretext to removed the ship and occupied the other Philippine control island.
I wonder what instructions/ROE AFP gave to the captured personnel, was it play bumper boats, record with your phone or actually shoot if attacked and they didn't actually carry it out?
Probably tow them and then shoot the boat once the crew is arrested. Philippines side might have guns but they're not gonna use them if the Chinese side holds them at gunpoint.
If a CCG ship rams them, there wouldn't be captured boats and probably several AFP would die on the impact or from being swept under the ship.
We don't know, but one of the instructions I can almost 100% predict is, under no circumstance should they fire first even if provoked.