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A ship from China's Coast Guard just hit another vessel, not from an enemy nation or some sort of commercial vessel, but from the Chinese Navy
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This is newly released video from the Philippine Coast Guard showing the unusual and dangerous moment in the South China Sea
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A China Coast Guard cutter was chasing a Philippine patrol ship about 11 nautical miles east of the Scarborough Shoal
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when it slammed into a larger destroyer from the People's Liberation Army Navy
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That's the official name of China's maritime forces. The footage shows the cutter spraying water as it closed in on the BRP Suluwan
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a Filipino vessel escorting fishing boats. That's when the destroyer moved between the Suluwan and the Chinese cutter
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The impact crumpled the cutter's bow and, according to Philippine officials, left it unseaworthy
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A few sailors were on the cutter's bow just seconds before the collision
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It's unclear if any were injured. The Filipino vessel reportedly offered man overboard assistance and medical aid
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Manila is also calling on China to once again follow international collision prevention protocols
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Beijing did not comment on the collision directly, but accused the Filipinos of forcibly intruding into waters that China claims as its own
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Scarborough Shoal is a long-standing flashpoint between China and the Philippines, and the hostilities between the two are escalating
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