Philippines deploys 2 warplanes after local ship reports harassment by Chinese patrol

[Pete]

Philippines deploys 2 warplanes after local ship reports harassment by Chinese patrol boats

http://www.google.com/hostednews/can...?docId=6126853

"......The incident happened Wednesday at the Reed Bank, which is near the disputed Spratly Islands that are claimed by the Philippines, China and other nations, said Sabban, who heads the military's Western Command. Philippine officials said the Reed Bank is clearly within Philippine territory.........."

Spratly Islands - this spat goes back many, many years.

[ES 96]

They sent an OV-10 Bronco and a Britten-Norman Islander? Not exactly in a hurry to catch the patrol boats were they? But then the PAF doesn't really have anything faster currently in their inventory that I can recall.

[mark46th]

If the Filipinos pick a fight with China, they might be sorry they threw us out..