By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter
THE Philippine Navy on Thursday said it monitored a Chinese aircraft carrier, six escort ships and a spy ship near the country’s northernmost islands on Tuesday, describing their passage as “unusual” and marking their closest recorded approach to Philippine shores.
The Philippines tracked a Shandong-class aircraft carrier alongside six destroyer and frigate escort ships and two support vessels near Batanes province, with the carrier ship being detected as close as 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometers) southwest of Babuyan Islands, Philippine Navy spokesman Rear Admiral Roy Vincent T. Trinidad told reporters on the sidelines of a maritime security forum in Manila.
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