The largest coast guard vessel in the world, belonging to China, stepped into the West Philippine Sea close to Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal on May 24 in a move that specialists describe as “unusual” and a manner in which they “illustrate dominance.”
Ray Powell, the director at SeaLight, said on X the world’s largest coast guard ship measures 165 meters.
At around 5:15 a.m., the China Coast Guard vessel with bow number 5901 and a CCG vessel measuring 102 meters...