China’s gray zone tactics in South China Sea and elsewhere have utterly paralyzed the US military and its commander-in-chief Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman for West Philippine Sea affairs Commodore Jay Tarriela said the BRP Sindangan was supporting a resupply mission for troops at Second Thomas Shoal on the BRP Sierra Madre this past March when a Chinese Coast Guard ship with bow number 21555 tried to block it, resulting in a slight collision. Photo: Philippine Star / Philippine Coast