I am gonna say no. Sure they're fishing boats but these are now armed and have spy shit.
The CCP has been weaponizing its fishing fleets. They often fish in protected waters. Hence transponders off. Or they swarm. Did it to a few nations like Japan and others. What happens when a thousand fishing vessels turn up? Hundreds, and some are armed, and some have other improvements on them like spy vessels. Problem becomes which one do you shoot, and how do you potentially stop a thousand "fishing vessels"? Isn't that near the Galapagos Islands, in a protected zone?
That says 17000. Jesus Christ. No. They're nefarious. Over fishing. If only.
fishing boats
I am gonna say no. Sure they're fishing boats but these are now armed and have spy shit.
The CCP has been weaponizing its fishing fleets. They often fish in protected waters. Hence transponders off. Or they swarm. Did it to a few nations like Japan and others. What happens when a thousand fishing vessels turn up? Hundreds, and some are armed, and some have other improvements on them like spy vessels. Problem becomes which one do you shoot, and how do you potentially stop a thousand "fishing vessels"? Isn't that near the Galapagos Islands, in a protected zone?
That says 17000. Jesus Christ. No. They're nefarious. Over fishing. If only.