Chinese Follow-up Vessel Docks at Davao Port

Quays of Chinese Follow-Up Vessels at Davao Harbor

(philstar.com) – July 17, 2018 – 4:39 pm

MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese surveillance vessel recently docked at Davao Port on Monday night, according to a global ship tracking website.

Vessel Tracking Data MarineTraffic has shown that the Chinese Yuanwang-3 spacecraft is currently docked at the port of President Rodrigo Duterte's hometown.

Yuanwang class is generally used by the Navy of the People's Liberation Army to track and support satellite and intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to monitoring websites

. military said the Yuanwang-3 was put into operation on May 18, 1995.

The ship's special equipment systems were upgraded in 2016 and now has the frequency monitoring and control system the higher. This has strengthened the ship's control and tracking capability.

In June 2017, the Chinese spacecraft made 43 expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. According to China Military's report, it has also completed 67 maritime monitoring missions for the Chinese space program.

The arrival of the Chinese vessel at Davao comes one month after another Chinese military aircraft landed at Davao International Airport. The first Chinese plane landed in Davao City on June 8 to refuel while another landed on June 24.

Meanwhile, members of the Senate minority filed a resolution calling for an investigation into the presence of Chinese military planes in Davao City. 19659004] "Whereas the successive presence of Chinese military planes making" technical "stops in Davao raises the question of whether the proscription of the Constitution against the presence of foreign troops in the country unless there is covered by a treaty duly ratified by the Senate being violated by the Duterte administration, "the Senate resolution read. – Patricia Lourdes Viray