Chinese Maritime Militia Using Fake Ship IDs to Test Taiwan’s Defenses

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Chinese vessels are reportedly spoofing ID signals in Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone. It serves as part of China's gray-zone tactics to wear down Taiwan’s defenses.

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00:00Chinese vessels appear to be masking their identity with spoofed ID signals to test Taiwan's

00:05defenses.

00:06U.S.-based military think tank Institute for the Study of War reports that throughout August

00:12and September, several Chinese fishing boats operating in Taiwan's exclusive economic

00:16zone sent fake automatic identification system signals, with one posing as a Russian warship

00:23and another as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel.

00:26China uses its maritime militia civilian fishing boats that can be mobilized for surveillance

00:32or harassment as part of its grey zone tactics to wear down Taiwan's defenses.

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