According to japanese authorities, no
crew were injured in the incident. The self-defense foss's joint staff
added that the incident took place at
approximately 8:30 pm on monday. The MSDF vessel involved was JS Shimakaze a Hatakazi class guided
missile destroyer that has been
frequently sent in recent years on
deployments to the east china sea.
According to japanese authorities, JS Shimakaze received unspecified physical
damage to its hull on the port side of
the vessel. JS Shimakaze was on a regular patrol in
the waters when it was involved in the
collision after leaving from the port of
sasebo on sunday, japanese authorities
said.
The japanese ministry of defense MSDF and Japan Coast Guard are investigating
the incident. Hatakazi Class Destroyers in service
with the MSDF are gas propulsion
warships equipped with a range of
advanced armaments and sensors. Weapon systems on board Hadakazi class
vessels include standard missile
medium-range surface-to-air missiles, the RGM-84 harpoon ship to ship missile and
the asrock anti-submarine rocket.
The vessel also features Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS) and Mark 42 guns. The incident is the second in march to
involve a chinese fishing vessel in a
collision. As the diplomat reported last week, taiwan's coast guard administration
reported that one of its vessels was
struck by a chinese fishing vessel in
waters off the Kinman islands.
China has been criticized for using
civilian fishing vessels as a maritime
militia to exercise administrative
rights by fishing and conducting other
activities in disputed waters. Territorial claimant states in the south
china sea, for instance face illegal
fishing activities by chinese fishing
vessels in their claimed waters
regularly.
In 2010 china and japan
entered a major diplomatic crisis after
a chinese fishing trawler collided with
a japan coast guard patrol boat in
waters near the disputed senkaku islands, which are administered by japan and
claimed by china as the Diau Islands. Japan arrested the captain of the
chinese vessel sparking angry protests
from china.
The incident spiraled into a major
dispute in china retaliated against
japan by imposing an unofficial embargo
on the transfer of chinese rare earth
metals to japanese firms. Naval vessels from other countries have
been involved in collisions with
civilian vessels in recent years. Most prominently, two u.s arleigh
burke-class guided missile destroyers, USS Fitzgerald and USS John S Mccain
were involved in fatal collision
incidents in 2017.
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