Chinese coast guard vessels, backed by navy ships, fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped ... law enforcement agencies said, using the Philippine name for the seas off the ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard vessels, backed by navy ships, fired powerful water cannons and blocked ... law enforcement agencies said, using the Philippine name for the ...

China and the Philippines have accused each other of dangerous blocking maneuvers near a disputed South China Sea reef.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Saturday said that it challenged a China ... The same vessel also fired a water cannon and rammed PCG’s BRP Datu Pagbuaya during a mission near Scarborough Shoal in ...

Japan, Australia, and the Philippines – to Washington’s maritime capability-commitment gap reflect the future of Indo-Pacific ...

IMAGE: Chinese coast guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah on its way to a resupply mission at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5 ...

Emboldened by a law allowing wider weapons use ... One of the Chinese Coast Guard ships that entered Japanese territorial waters on Feb. 16 had an automatic cannon on board.

vessels were being water-cannoned by Chinese Coast Guard ships. Lopez then said the Philippines does water cannon attacks as well. READ: Blogger apologizes for claiming PH uses water cannons in ...

The statement is of paramount significance, following several incidents of Chinese ships ramming, and using water cannons and military-grade lasers against Philippine coast guard vessels. While those ...

The US military deployed an anti-ship missile launcher on Batan Island, Philippines, near Taiwan, marking a first amid rising ...

The timing couldn't be better for Chinese President Xi Jinping as he wraps up ... to Manila's territorial claims on the South China Sea. A China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon toward a ...