Despite the
limitations of necessary naval equipment this has not deterred the Philippine
Navy (PN) in the accomplishment of their mandate.
The Philippine Navy
announced they still and will continue to maintain their maritime presence and
patrol in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West
Philippine Sea, Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo told GMA
New TV on May 10.
“Ang ating malaking
barko ay kasalukuyang they are patrolling the West Philippine Sea. Tuloy-tuloy
ang ating security and territorial defense operations in spite of this COVID-19
crisis,” Vice Admiral Bacordo said.
BRP-Conrado Yap (PS39) (photo credit to owner) |
“We continue to
conduct EEZ patrols and regular rotation, and replenishment of our personnel in
our nine occupied features in the West Philippine Sea,” he added.
The Radar gun incident
Last month it was
reported that a Chinese naval warship pointed its radar gun to a Philippine
Navy vessel – BRP Conrado Yap (PS39) while conducting Territorial Defense Operations
and sovereignty patrol at Malampaya Natural Gas to Power Project (MNGPP) and in
the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea.
Vice Admiral Rene Medina, commander of
WesCom and of Joint Task Force West (JTFW) said PS39 issued a radio challenge to the
gray ship, which he said responded that "the Chinese government has
indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea, its islands and its adjacent
waters."
He said the BRP Conrado Yap again
challenged the vessel, which then "repeated its response and maintained
her course and speed."
"From there, PS39 was able to
visually observe that the gun control director, an equipment that gives
information in obtaining a fire control solution, of said PLAN vessel was
directed towards PS39," Medina said, citing the incident report.
A diplomatic
protest was filed by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding that
incident.
Also please see:
Chinese Navy ship showed 'hostile intent' in February incident with BRP Conrado Yap -WESCOM
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