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Mischief Reef: PLA-N naval station
Topic Started: Jul 27 2013, 10:09 AM (3,762 Views)
Hong Nam
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Piling Sand in a Disputed Sea, China Literally Gains Ground
By DAVID E. SANGER and RICK GLADSTONE
APRIL 8, 2015

New York Times


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A satellite image from March 16 shows work on an emerging artificial island at Mischief Reef in the South China Sea.
Credit Center for Strategic and International Studies, via Digital Globe



WASHINGTON - The clusters of Chinese vessels busily dredge white sand and pump it onto partly submerged coral, aptly named Mischief Reef, transforming it into an island.

Over a matter of weeks, satellite photographs show the island growing bigger, its few shacks on stilts replaced by buildings. What appears to be an amphibious warship, capable of holding 500 to 800 troops, patrols the reef's southern opening.


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Photos taken on January 24, 2012 (left photo) and March 16, 2015 (right photo).
Center for Strategic and International Studies via Digital Globe


Building Islands on Mischief Reef

These satellite images show Mischief Reef, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. In the March 16 image there are several dredgers visible at the northern and western edges of the reef, and to the south, where the entrance to the reef has been widened to about 275 meters. The issue poses a problem for the Obama administration, not simply because the Philippines is a treaty ally. China is working so quickly that its assertion of sovereignty could become a fait accompli before anything can be done to stop it.









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truegrit


ito ang hirap...nagpaloko tayo sa Tsina na Fishermen's shelter... Naval Station pala talaga ang plan nila as staging area to assault Palawan specifically
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I agree with you truegrit!

PAF/PN and the Ramos Govt. made a big mistake not bombing those structures back then, when they were first occupied..

Wala tayo magagawa lalo sa panahon ni Bnoy.

Kung ganiyan rin lang pala ang labanan, bakit di natin develop ang "Pag-asa" Island?
Tutal naman eh may existing Municipality tayo doon w/ local community, gawing official forward base ng PAF/PM at USAF/USN under EDCA, kung hindi ititigil o alisin ng Tsina ang structures nila sa Mischief Reef??!!!

^This is a very good idea, a reasonable THREAT, for them not to reconsider, because this area is definitely inside our mainland EEZ, that's if the US agrees with us. "tingnan ko lang kung hindi sumakit ang ulo nila (China) kapag may US presence within KIG.

That's if they don't stop what they are doing and leave Mischief Reef area alone...


Kasabay nito, eh bawiin na natin yun Scarborough shoal katulong ang USN.
Edited by Andres Boning, Apr 11 2015, 12:49 AM.
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I'll withold criticism on our govt not moving against the bully structures since even though UNCLOS seems to favor us with the 200 mile law of the sea, this is really 'disputed areas' in the eyes of the bully . But once the UNCLOS/ITLOS issues a ruling that clearly shows the maritime lines and which areas belong to which country, they cannot be called disputed areas anymore in the eyes of international law and the united nations.
It will very, very difficult for our govt not to physically enforce or not do anything physically against bully structures within areas assigned to us by UNCLOS/ITLOS. Not doing anything in areas that is ours legally speaking will violate our constitution and not enforce what international law awarded us.
Therefore, since the ITLOS ruling will be next year, I expect that there will be dangerous levels of unavoidable physical actions next year unless our govt continues the same inaction in past years in which case, we can start throwing rocks at the congress and malacanang. REMEMBER, next year is the start of action. ...It does not matter if we are much weaker, it will be much easier for our allies and the united nations to come to our aid due to the ITLOS/UNCLOS specific ruling for the west philippine sea.

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The new face of Panganiban (Mischief) Reef
Images taken earlier this year show the massive reclamation work on the reef, part of the Kalayaan Group of Islands claimed by the Philippines.

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February 1, 1995 - 'Mischief' sighted.
Fishermen began to report China was building wooden structures on stilts atop Mischief Reef despite the Philippines' claim to it.



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January 21, 2014 - New structures
Structures sit on the southern rim of the reef.



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January 12, 2015 - Dredging
Dredging activities were witnessed at Panganiban Reef for the first time.
Dredgers began to widen the entrance to the maritime feature.



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February 15, 2015 - Warship
A Type 071 (Jinggang Shan #999) amphibious warship seen near the reef.



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March 16, 2015 - Seawalls
A series of land formations, new structures and walls are spotted.



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March 16, 2015 - Expansion
The entrance to the reef and the southern platform have been expanded.







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LOOK: AFP chief flies around PH-claimed territories in West PH Sea

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015



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This aerial photo taken through a glass window of a military plane shows
China's alleged on-going reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
Monday, May 11, 2015.
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