A Chinese cutter and guided-missile destroyer collided with each other in the South China Sea on Monday during a botched blockade attempt of Philippine Coast Guard vessels ten nautical miles off Scarborough Shoal in one of the most severe incidents among Chinese forces to date.

A Chinese warship collided with one of its own coast guard vessels while chasing Philippine boats earlier this week in the highly contested South China Sea.

THE Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (53IB) has conducted a symposium on West Philippine Sea awareness and on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in a con