Taiwan's New Patrol Vessel To Counter China's Gray-Zone Tactics

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Taiwan’s coast guard received a new 600-ton ship today equipped with extra firepower capacity to help with patrols, which could play a crucial role in countering Chinese gray-zone activity.

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00:00With a range of 2,000 nautical miles, this 600-ton patrol vessel is built to quickly respond

00:06to emergencies at sea, inspect foreign fishing boats and police waters around Taiwan.

00:12And with its rocket launchers, 20-millimeter cannons and compatibility with anti-ship

00:17missiles, pack a real punch.

00:20Delivered on Thursday, the Su Wow is the 10th Anping-class vessel in service in Taiwan's

00:25Coast Guard.

00:42In recent years, Taiwan has faced increasing incursions from the Chinese Coast Guard and

00:46Navy vessels, as well as civilian fishing boats.

00:50On Tuesday morning, Taiwan detected and is built two Chinese vessels in the restricted

00:55waters near Dongsha Island.

00:57The island, commonly known as Prada's Island, is claimed by both China and Taiwan in the

01:02South China Sea.

01:03Just this year, Taiwan's Coast Guard recorded 159 incidents of Chinese vessels entering the

01:25restricted waters around Dongsha.

01:27It described the latest intrusion as part of China's grey zone tactics, moves meant to

01:32strain Taiwan's defenses without triggering open conflicts.

01:35Parlament动部隊

01:43基本上,中国大陆这样做的原因一個是凸顯他對東沙島相關海域的

01:44一个主權。

01:45那另外一個就是他的移民會在我們附近相關海域

01:48會去搭他的一些抓类的東西讓我們也要去欺貪。

01:56基本上其實中共這樣做大概就是要凸顯它對東沙的一個主權

01:59跟執法權。

02:01To better counter China's gray zone efforts, experts say,

02:05Taiwan should step out monitoring and intelligence gathering on Chinese vessels,

02:09identify their weaknesses, and shift from a passive posture to a proactive one.

02:14That means ships like the Su Wow will have their work cut out for them.

02:18James Lin, Larry Isiano, and Ellen Lu for Taiwan Plus.

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