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A diesel-electric submarine. They can be very quiet when their diesel generator is not running. Except when they're attacking, they have to be on the surface or at periscope depth. The US and UK have no more diesel-electric submarines. Why do Russia and China?

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Philippines' Marcos says presence of Russian submarine 'very worrisome'

by Reuters

Manila, Philippines --

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday the presence of a Russian
attack submarine in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in
the South China Sea was "very worrisome."

"That's very concerning. Any intrusion into the West Philippine Sea, of
our EEZ, of our baselines, is very worrisome," Marcos told reporters,
referring to part of the South China Sea within the Philippines'
maritime zone.

A Russian Kilo-class submarine was sighted 80 nautical miles off the
western province of Occidental Mindoro on Nov. 28, Navy spokesperson
Roy Vincent Trinidad said in a statement on Monday, confirming a report
by the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper.

Philippine navy frigate Jose Rizal established radio contact with the
Russian submarine, which confirmed its identity as UFA 490 and its
intent.

"The Russian vessel stated it was awaiting improved weather conditions
before proceeding to Vladivostok, Russia," Trinidad said, without
elaborating on why it was in the area.

Philippine naval forces escorted the submarine to ensure compliance
with maritime regulations, he added.

Russia's embassy in Manila could not immediately be reached for
comment.

Russia's Kilo-class submarines are considered some of the quietest
submarines and have been constantly refined since the 1980s.

China and Russia declared a [1]"no limits" partnership when Russian
President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in 2022, just days before
Moscow launched its [2]invasion of Ukraine. The two countries
[3]carried out live-fire naval exercises in the South China Sea in
July.

Tensions between Manila, a U.S. treaty ally, and Beijing have escalated
over the past year due to overlapping claims in the South China Sea. A
2016 arbitral tribunal ruled China's historical claims to the disputed
waterway had no basis, a decision Beijing rejects.

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newspapers and 750 broadcasters around the globe.

References

1. https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2UF4JP&linkedFromStory=true
2. https://www.reuters.com/topic/event/ukraine-crisis/
3. https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N3J904Z&linkedFromStory=true

#russia #philippines #submarine #diesel-electric-submarine #south-china-sea #marcos

...and we marvel at how the prices of construction materials, especially lumber, are skyrocketing. Lots of woodland fires, lots of rebuilding demands on fire-ravaged and flooded ranges alike.

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♲ earthling - 2024-11-23 04:11:38 GMT

Children wash muddied clothes after they were flooded by Super Typhoon Man-yi in Bayombong. Storm-weary communities in the Philippines are beginning to rebuild after Super Typhoon Man-yi and five other storms in the past month have devastated homes and displaced hundreds of thousands.Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

@photography
#Philippines
#flood
#children

#ukraine #taiwan #israel #philippines
What if all these wars are planned to maintain hegemony and simply destroy or suppress all potential competitors?
traps for competitors
It is not easy to tell who is the evil and who is the good!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1819546511832744282

Today's Magnitude 6.8 #earthquake in the #Philippines happened in a zone that was warned back in February about having major earthquake activity of M 6.5+ for around this time in 2024

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Vanilla Twilight | Skye | 📷 Annemarie Sterian | Vogue Philippines, August 2024
#Photo #Fashion #Skye #AnnemarieSterian #Vogue #Philippines

China claims that the Philippine boat struck first. Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiight.

♲ Ukraine War Bulletins and News - 2024-06-22 00:43:14 GMT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_-E8MuxkEvM&si=ANpsQZk3O-GCLEIt
⚠️🇵🇭Chinese coast guard collides with Philippine ship in disputed South China sea may bring US Navy Response (ABC News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #Philippines #Mastodon #USA #UnitedStates #News #NATO #Taiwan #Japan #Australia #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#FreeEUfromFascistAltRight
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#1936EuropeIn2024
#BetterOldThanSeditious

#Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine #China during #pandemic

Source: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

The clandestine #operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military’s propaganda efforts morphed into an anti-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the #Philippines – China’s Sinovac inoculation.

#news #conspiracy #crime #health #Corona #usa #propaganda #COVID19 #fail #humanRights

mass #murder by #gates and co

yet they are planning more and walk around as trillionaires as most survivors of their evil poison shots are in abject poverty

https://www.bitchute.com/video/dJUC5UDyBkLb/

Absolutely shocking data out of the #Philippines

This.Is.Bad.

China Coast Guard empowered to detain 'trespassers' in South China Sea —report | GMA News Online https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/907082/china-eyes-arrest-of-civilians-in-south-china-sea-ph-coast-guard-unfazed/story/

China has issued a regulation empowering its coast guard to detain foreigners trespassing in the South China Sea following the Philippine civilian mission to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that ended on Friday.
The China Coast Guard (CCG) can detain trespassers without trial, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing a regulatory document of Beijing set to take effect in June.
"Foreigners suspected of illegally passing China's borders can be held for up to 60 days," according to the media report.

This is mainly aimed at the #Philippines, but can be used against anyone they consider weak enough. So now the PRC coastguard may arrest people within the EEZ of their own country, far, far away from the PRC. Moving up to the next level of escalation...

China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-publicizes-time-claims-2016-agreement-philippines-109902201

For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the #Philippines over access to South China Sea islands.

Ah yes, unwritten agreements... The PRC does have experience with those, like the ominous "1992 consensus" regarding Taiwan...

A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fishing around the islands but restricted access by military, coast guard and other official planes and ships to the 12 nautical mile (22 kilometer) limit of territorial waters.

Who in their right mind would agree to that?😲
#SouthChinaSea

China's defense ministry warns Philippines after South China Sea incident | Taiwan News | 2024-03-24 17:19:00 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5121946

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's defense ministry warned the Philippines against "provocative" actions and said China would safeguard its territorial sovereignty on Sunday, a day after an incident in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

"We warn the Philippines to stop making any remarks that may lead to the intensification of conflicts and escalation of the situation, and stop all infringing and provocative actions," the defense ministry said in a statement.

Translation: Shut up and stay at home, because we want your territory!

So, what happened?

The remarks came after China's coast guard said had it taken measures against Philippine vessels in disputed waters near the Second Thomas Shoal and Spratly Islands a day before, actions that the Philippines had called "irresponsible and provocative".

The incident included the use of water cannons against a civilian boat hired to resupply troops, the Philippine task force on the South China Sea said in a statement on Saturday.

FYI: We are talking about the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, an area including everything within 200nm from the shore. For comparison: It's 1000km to the PRC coast. Or in other words: This is ridiculous. But if no other country assists the Philippines, the outcome is pretty clear.
#SouthChinaSea #Philippines

China Attacks Philippine Ship, Injures Crew in Latest Escalation of South China Sea Standoff - USNI News https://news.usni.org/2024/03/23/china-attacks-philippine-ship-injures-crew-in-latest-escalation-of-south-china-sea-standoff

Chinese attempts to stop the Philippine resupply missions have escalated since they began last summer. While Manila has strengthened its defense and security relations with the U.S., Australia and Japan and brought the issue to international headlines through a media campaign, China has doubled down on its efforts through the deployment of new measures and increasing the amount of vessels deployed to block the missions.

“We need to start calling this what it is–China’s illegal blockade of an outpost within the Philippines’ own lawful exclusive economic zone,” Ray Powell, director of the SeaLight project at Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, told USNI News following today’s incident.

It's getting worse...

#SouthChinaSea #Philippines

My Home, My Playground and My Cemetery

Photography by Mario Cardenas, Navotas Cemetery (Philippines, 2014).

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#MarioCardenas #kids #home #playground #navotas #cemetery #philippines #photo #art

Things are heating up again in the waters south of the PRC. First there was a strange incident in which two people drowned. The PRC says it was a fishing boat that had been in the waters around Kinmen, an island belonging to Taiwan/the ROC, but very close to the PRC. However, a fishing boat can 1) not outrun a coastguard boat and 2) does not capsize easily, unless Godzilla drags them down. Another article mentioned a speedboat, which is much more likely, as it is sufficiently fast and unstable for the described incident. So very likely people from the PRC were speeding into waters they didn't belong to and then ran - and did so in a way that made their boat capsize and got two people drowned.

However, the PRC is now very "concerned about the safety of Chinese fishermen", which led to them sending their own coastguard into waters around Kinmen and stopping a tourist boat there, checking the papers of every person on board. Basically they officially entered waters belonging to Taiwan and claimed authority there. But it's not just about #Taiwan.

There is still the problem with the second Thomas Shoal. The PRC escalated their bullying of Philippine supply boats heading to a grounded ship in the Second Thomas Shoal. This is in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the #Philippines, less than 200km from their coast, while being 1000km from the PRC coast. (EEZ is defined as everything within 200nm from the coast.) The PRC called the supply run an "intrusion into their territory" and this time, coast guard ships from both sides bumped into each other. Please observe that only the PH sailors put out fenders, while the PRC sailors were busy filming.

That's the current level of escalation, so use your imagination for the next one.

@kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de wrote the following post 2 years ago.

As a result of the wars unleashed by the U.S. after September 11, 2001, 38,000,000 civilians were displaced.

This is the second highest result in world history. Only World War II resulted in more refugees.

Direct military aggressions, the so-called "war on terror" which led to the creation of ISIS, and economic strangulation have all led to disastrous consequences for the people of a number of states in the Middle East and North Africa, forcing ordinary people to flee their homes, cities, villages and states to other countries.

According to a report https://t.co/MLXyekTZTQ by the Watson Institute for International Studies (an interdisciplinary research center at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA) and with the assistance of Boston University:

1. #Afghanistan - 5.9 million refugees
   
2. #Pakistan - 3.7 million refugees
   
3. #Yemen - 4.6 million refugees
   
4. #Somalia - 4.3 million refugees
   
5. #Philippines - 1.8 million refugees
   
6. #Libya - 1.2 million refugees
   
7. #Syria - 7.1 million refugees
   

The report is based on data from 2001 to 2020 + some data collected in 2021.

It is based on the UN data, U.S. documents and information from public sources.

However, the report itself states that 38,000,000 is a very conservative estimate and in reality, the figure can reach from 49,000,000 to 60,000,000, which actually reaches the figures of World War II.

...

To these processes can be added the huge number of refugees from #Ukraine after the U.S.-backed coup d'état and civil war that broke out there.

https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/7341586.html

#nato #NATO #military #occupation #war #europe #eu #poland #USA #us #britain #germany #france #italy #canada #australia #qatar #refugees #poverty #Iraq #Libya #Afghanistan #western #warmongers #deepstate #history

About the refuges and warmongers

kuchinster wrote the following post Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:49:44 +0100

As a result of the wars unleashed by the U.S. after September 11, 2001, 38,000,000 civilians were displaced.

This is the second highest result in world history. Only World War II resulted in more refugees.

Direct military aggressions, the so-called "war on terror" which led to the creation of ISIS, and economic strangulation have all led to disastrous consequences for the people of a number of states in the Middle East and North Africa, forcing ordinary people to flee their homes, cities, villages and states to other countries.

According to a report https://t.co/MLXyekTZTQ by the Watson Institute for International Studies (an interdisciplinary research center at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA) and with the assistance of Boston University:

1. #Afghanistan - 5.9 million refugees
   
2. #Pakistan - 3.7 million refugees
   
3. #Yemen - 4.6 million refugees
   
4. #Somalia - 4.3 million refugees
   
5. #Philippines - 1.8 million refugees
   
6. #Libya - 1.2 million refugees
   
7. #Syria - 7.1 million refugees
   

The report is based on data from 2001 to 2020 + some data collected in 2021.

It is based on the UN data, U.S. documents and information from public sources.

However, the report itself states that 38,000,000 is a very conservative estimate and in reality, the figure can reach from 49,000,000 to 60,000,000, which actually reaches the figures of World War II.

...

To these processes can be added the huge number of refugees from #Ukraine after the U.S.-backed coup d'état and civil war that broke out there.

https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/7341586.html

#nato #NATO #military #occupation #war #europe #eu #poland #USA #us #britain #germany #france #italy #canada #australia #qatar #refugees #poverty #Iraq #Libya #Afghanistan #western #warmongers #deepstate

https://www.bitchute.com/video/N3YkJss514V5/

#Philippines government committee launch an investigation into over 327,000 unexplained excess

Vietnam, Philippines sign deals on security in disputed South China Sea

Agreements to boost cooperation between coastguards, maritime security and trade likely to anger China.#Conflict #SouthChinaSea #AsiaPacific #Philippines #Vietnam
Vietnam, Philippines sign deals on security in disputed South China Sea

Filipinos in Hong Kong were promised a new life in Poland. It never came

Two-part Al Jazeera investigation reveals claims of deception by recruiters working across multiple countries.#Economy #LabourRights #AsiaPacific #Philippines
Filipinos in Hong Kong were promised a new life in Poland. It never came

These Filipinos paid thousands for a job in Poland. Now they feel cheated

Two-part Al Jazeera investigation reveals claims of deception by recruiters working across multiple countries.#Economy #LabourRights #AsiaPacific #Europe #MiddleEast #Philippines #Poland #Qatar
These Filipinos paid thousands for a job in Poland. Now they feel cheated