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After this, the contest over South China Sea “features”—the various islands, reefs, and shoals of uneven legal status—subsided for a time, as all parties seemed content to assert their ...
China looks to be building a new radar system purported to have counter-stealth capabilities, analysts found. Satellite images appear to show a SIAR system on Triton Island in the South China Sea.
The United States Navy and Marine Corps are holding joint exercises in the South China Sea at a time of heightened tensions with Beijing over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon.
On February 6, 2023, the China Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard had an encounter near the Second Thomas Shoal, one of the features of the Spratly Islands which is subject to a wider dispute in the South China Sea. The Second Thomas Shoal is claimed by multiple countries, including China and the Philippines.
Damage on the interfaced on a ship operated by the Philippine Navy. Photograph was released by the Philippine military. The Philippines was conducting an operation a rotation and reprovisioning (RORE) mission for its personnel stationed at the Second Thomas Shoal on June 17, 2024, particularly the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) backed by the Philippine Coast Guard under a "limited" role.
The Second Thomas Shoal (named Ren'ai Jiao by China; Ayungin Shoal by the Philippines) is part of the Spratly Islands which is disputed territory claimed in full or in part by multiple countries including China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. The sea itself is claimed by China under its nine-dash map line claim. [2]
The South China Sea territorial disputes has dominated proceedings at the conference in recent years. [167] [168] [169] The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific is the "Track Two" forum for dialogue on security issues. [170] [171]
China last staged full-fledged war games around Taiwan in late May, shortly after the new president, Lai Ching-te, took office. Beijing detests him, calling him a "separatist".