Satellite images show more than 2,000 Chinese fishing vessels forming a vast blockade near Japan, highlighting Beijing’s growing use of maritime militias.
These “gray‑zone” tactics blur civilian and military lines, complicating surveillance and pressuring rivals like Japan and Taiwan.
Analysts warn the rapidly expanding fleets could escalate regional tensions and risk dangerous miscalculations.
China is the agressor because uuuuh fishing boats
Whataboutism bull crap.
Both can be true at the same time.
If the thing kicks off and those fishing vessels are used as a physical barrier or for intel reporting (among other things), it’s likely that this would count as direct participation in hostilities. In that case, the civilian mariners would lose their protected status as non-combatants.
Are you serious? We all know the US would shoot first and invent a reason to do so later. Some of the first casualties when they attacked Iran were schoolgirls ffs
