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PHILIPPINES-CHINA-MILITARY-DIPLOMACY-SPRATLYS
To go with Philippines-China-military-diplomacy-Spratlys,FOCUS by Cecil Morella
This undated handout photo released by Philippine military Western Command (WESCOM) on May 23, 2013 shows an aerial view of BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-metre (328 foot) amphibious vessel built for the US in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defence against China's efforts to control most of the South China Sea. The soldiers are stationed on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands aboard a former US tank-landing vessel that was deliberately abandoned there to serve as a base, according to their former commander, Juancho Sabban. - EDITORS NOTE - GRAPHIC LINE (BOTTOM C) FROM SOURCE - AFP PHOTO/WESCOM -- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WESCOM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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23 Mai 2013 |
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2700 x 1932 (611.67 KB) |
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