2 US warships deployed in dispute waters after Chinese collided

The United States deployed two warships on Wednesday to a snail in dispute waters at the South China Sea, Where two Chinese ships collided At the beginning of the week, while pursuing a smaller Philippine ship. The high -sheet accident expressed concerns about maritime security and questions about the extent to which the United States must be involved in long -standing tensions among those countries.

Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcrops in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malasia, Brunei and Taiwan also establish overlapping statements in disputed waters.

The USS Higgins, a destroyer of guided missiles, and the USS Cincinnati, a coastal combat ship, were shaded by a Chinese Navy ship while sailing to about 30 nautical miles from Scarborough Shoal. There were no reports of any unpleasant incident, said the commodore of the Philippine Coast Guard, Jay Tarriela, citing information from US officials and a Philippine surveillance flight.

The US Navy has organized what it calls the liberty trips and flying in the southern China Sea for years to challenge China’s restrictions and its demand for entry notifications in practically the entire section of the disputed waters it affirms. That has angry China and their forces have had a warship closure and US planes in such patrols in international waters and airspace.

The deployment occurred after Washington’s ambassador to Manila, Marykay Carlson, on Tuesday “the last reckless action of China directed against a Philippine ship” in Scarborough. The rich atoll of the fishing of northwest of the Philippines has been the scene of increasingly tense confrontations Between the Chinese coastal guard and the Philippines, fishing and other ships in recent years.

The United States is also discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to the Philippines to strengthen the deterrence against tensions in the challenged waters of the South China Sea, as well as other critical security points in Asia, Manila ambassador to Washington said Thursday in Washington to The News. However, none of the parties has reached a final decision on the matter, said Ambassador José Manuel Romualdez.

“This is part of the strong defense association of the United States and the Philippines,” Romualdez told AP.

Philippines is the ally of the oldest treaty in the United States in Asia. Washington has repeatedly warned that he is obliged to defend the Philippines if the Philippines are under an armed attack, even in the Southern China Sea.

On Monday, a Chinese Navy destroyer and a Chinese coast guard boat accidentally collided while trying to block and remove a smaller philippine guard ship, the BRP Suluan, about 10.5 Nautical Miles from Scarborough.

The video images shared by the spokesman of the Philippine Coast Guard, Jay Tarriela, on social networks, showed a Chinese coast guard ship that placed the Patrol’s boat of the Philippine patrol and exploits its water cannon before a Chinese navy warship is cut in front of it. The images of the Coast Guard also show a number of Chinese personnel standing on the bow of the Coast Guard ship just before that section was beaten by the military ship.

The Chinese coast guard was damaged, Tarriela said. The spokesman of the Philippine Coast Guard echoed the comments of multiple leaders, who urged China to serve the international rules that promote peaceful maritime relations, after collision.

China blamed the Filipino ships for the confrontation, with the spokesman of the Chinese Coast Guard, Gan Yu, told the Xinhua official state news agency that the Filipino ships entrusted themselves in the maritime area in dispute and ignored the repeated warnings of China.

Shortly after the collision, the video shows the very shattered arch of the Chinese coast guard ship without Chinese staff, which was stopped on deck before the accident. The Chinese Navy ship sustained deep abolish and what seemed to be linear outbreaks in its helmet.

Japan, Australia and New Zealand expressed alarm on Wednesday for the dangerous maneuvers that led to collision in occupied waters, a key global commercial route.

“Japan defends the rule of law and opposes any action that increases tensions. Our concern goes to repeated actions in the South China Sea,” said Japanese ambassador to Manila Endo Kazuya in a position in X.

The Australian embassy in Manila expressed concern “for the dangerous and non -professional behavior of Chinese ships near Scarborough Shoal that involves the Philippine Coast Guard,” saying in a statement the incident “highlights the need for decay, restriction and respect for international law.”

“This is an learning experience for the People’s Republic of China,” said Tarriela, the commodore of the Philippine Coast Guard, at a press conference in Manila. “For so many years, we have been reminding them that they stop dangerous maneuvers, which stop risky blockages, adhere to collision regulations (anti-) because if there is a great possibility of calculation error, this type of collision incident would happen.”

Tarriela spoke a few hours after a Chinese combat plane flew as close as 500 feet to try to remove a plane from the Philippine Coast Guard on a surveillance flight on Wednesday about Scarborough with invited journalists on board. The Chinese plane performed dangerous maneuvers for about 20 minutes, including flying to about 200 feet on the small Filipino plane, Tarriela said.

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