Atlantic Ocean warship test falsely shared as 'US forces attacking China off Philippine coast'

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Atlantic Ocean warship test falsely shared as 'US forces attacking China off Philippine coast'
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🇵🇭 Video of US forces attacking a Chinese ship in waters west of the Philippines? ❌ The clips were in fact filmed during “shock trials” for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford that occurred in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2021

"AMERICA ATTACKED CHINA IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA," reads part of the Tagalog-language title of a videoThe video features clips of an explosion that causes a gigantic burst of water to shoot from the ocean.

The video, which has been viewed over 180,000 times, was posted weeks after US Vice President Kamala Harristhe western island of Palawan, the closest Philippine landmass to the Spratly archipelago in the hotly contested South China Sea. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire sea and has ignored an international court ruling that its claims have no legal basis.

Hundreds of Chinese coast guard and maritime militia vessels prowl the waters, swarming reefs, harassing and attacking fishing and other boats, and interfering in oil and gas exploration as well as scientific research.

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