An independent expert says Beijing appeared to be using the militia to intimidate and disrupt the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise which has with naval ships and aircraft from India, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei taking part.
Boats belonging to a Chinese maritime militia approached an area where navies of India and ASEAN countries were taking part in drills in the South China Sea, two Indian sources said on Monday, May 8.
The two-day sea phase of the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise began on Sunday with naval ships and aircraft from India, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei taking part. Ray Powell, who leads Project Myoushu on the South China Sea at Stanford University, said the boats belong to the Qiong Sansha Yu militia fleet in the area.
“So it’s likely that the exercise was interrupted…the pattern was broken and some had to change their directions,” she told Reuters.
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