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#PRC: Military grade green laser aimed at Philippine Coast Guard & What is to be done? James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/) @GordonGCha

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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#PRC: Military grade green laser aimed at Philippine Coast Guard & What is to be done?
James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/) @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:



https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/china-laser-philippines-coast-guard/

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Washington Post headline US criticizes China's use of laser on Philippine Coast Guard. Gordon

0:48.6

Chang at Gornjie Chang my colleague in co-host and we're very pleased this story is a mystery

0:54.9

to welcome Professor James Holmes, the first holder of the Wiley Chair of Maritime Strategy

0:59.8

Naval War College. He blogs at the Naval Diplomat.

1:03.4

Jim, a very good day to you. Thank you for this. The explanation so far is China's use of laser

1:09.2

aimed at a Philippine Coast Guard ship in the South China Sea drew a sharp response

1:13.7

from the United States on Monday. I'm unfamiliar with green laser light. Characterizes military

1:20.3

grade. Is this something that's happened before? What is unusual about this to your opinion?

1:25.5

Good evening to you, Professor.

1:27.3

Hey, John. Hey, Gordon. Thanks for always for having me on. I think that possibly the

1:32.8

news is this is not all that unusual. I mean, China is constantly looking for new ways

1:37.6

to operate and what we call the gray zone, basically finding a waste of horses, neighbors

1:43.9

and to turn them from doing things that Beijing wishes to forbid, silly by, silly by

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