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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
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).
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Originally Posted by jimbuna
They look like civilian craft to me...certainly nothing looking like military weapons are on view.
Who's hiding in the cabins though?  |
This ship was not one of those dispatched (this is one of their latest patrol craft, note the Quad Type 56 heavy machine gun on the bow) but CMS ships are sometimes armed.
Also some USCG craft are not armed with more than a few pistols and a shotgun (if that), but they are not civilian and they are not military.
EDIT: Also note on the first pics I posted how the forward decks are very empty but have no VERTREP markings etc. Gee wonder what that space is reserved for...
