U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon Patrolling Over South China Sea to Keep Philippines Area

U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon Patrolling Over South China Sea to Keep Philippines Area

The United States is ready to provide support for the Philippines if needed when it embarks on supply missions to a grounded warship in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the country’s waters. The comments from Washington followed the reported presence of a US Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft during a resupply mission last week. The Philippines successfully delivered fresh supplies to its troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal on Aug. 22, despite efforts by the China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese maritime militia vessels “to block, harass and interfere” with the Philippine Coast Guard and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel and vessels tasked with the mission. The US Navy surveillance plane flew overhead for more than three hours while Chinese ships blocked and shadowed the Philippine vessels on the way to deliver supplies to soldiers manning the BRP Sierra Madre.

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