The whole idea is to project presence, says Collin Koh, an expert in naval affairs at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. That, I'm there and there's nothing you can do to chase me away.'
More than a dozen of the vessels were reportedly rafted together. Koh says this is either to weather strong conditions at sea or thwart law enforcement forces, with the other scattered hulls securing the perimeter of the reef. It's not clear what the vessels are doing there-China has yet to comment on them.
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