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Chinese ship jams communications as Filipino forces deliver supplies to Philippines-occupied shoal
Philippine forces completed their 12th resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre despite Chinese jamming aimed at blocking U.S. drone surveillance in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal.
- On Friday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines resupplied the grounded BRP Sierra Madre with food, fuel and new navy personnel despite Chinese Coast Guard ships guarding the shoal's periphery.
- The Philippine military deliberately grounded the BRP Sierra Madre in 1999 to anchor Manila's claim, while China also claims the shoal and both signed a temporary nonaggression arrangement in July 2024.
- Philippine officials said Chinese government ships jammed communications during the hourslong mission, while a Chinese Coast Guard fired water cannon and a boat approached as close as 50 meters, blocked by two boatloads of Filipino forces.
- Chinese officials did not immediately respond after the resupply, even as the atoll was later surrounded by Chinese ships, while the United States has warned it must defend the Philippines if attacked.
- The Philippine military has carried out 12 deliveries since last year to the Sierra Madre, while China's August deployments of coast guard and suspected militia ships involve other claimants such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.
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Chinese ship jams communications as Filipino forces deliver supplies to Philippines-occupied shoal
Philippine forces have transported food, fuel and new personnel to a territorial outpost in a long-disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where Chinese government ships jammed communications during the hourslong supply mission as part of Beijing’s security practice in the far-flung atoll.
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