China may have only been testing the Philippines' reaction when one of Beijing's ships pointed a radar gun at a Manila vessel, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
MANILA- China may have only been testing the Philippines' reaction when one of Beijing's ships pointed a radar gun at a Manila vessel, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday.
On Feb. 17, Philippine vessel BRP Conrado Yap was on its way to Rizal Reef Detachment in the West Philippine Sea when it detected "a radar contact of a gray-colored vessel," according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Command, tasked to protect the country's sovereignty in the disputed sea.
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