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Old 09-24-12, 11:48 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II View Post
It is really hard to call China Maritime Surveillance paramilitary, or at least they must be substantially less paramilitary than the Coast Guard considering they are unarmed (not sure if their personnel may have a pistol somewhere but at least the ships don't have big obvious guns or cannon on them).
It's a government ship with a government crew on a mission of national security. So maybe not paramilitary but it's also definitely not civilian.
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