According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on January 27, Vietnam has made new moves in the manufacturing, transformation and upgrading of fishing boats. It is reported that Vietnam has planned to transform fishing boats since the end of last year, and Bassoon Shipyard has built 126 fishing boats this time. This type of fishing boat of TK1482 can have a displacement of up to 400 tons. Unlike the previous wooden fishing boats in Vietnam, the TK1482 is a steel structure as a whole and equipped with a high-horsepower engine. Compared with the previous fishing boats, the TK1482 is even Reached the level of militia. According to reports, when these fishing boats go to sea, the crew will be equipped with AK-47 rifles and other weapons, which can be said to completely exceed the level of "self-defense" previously declared by Vietnam. It's hard not to make people guess whether it's a big deal like Vietnam is trying to avenge Indonesia's previous sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat.
The arrogance of Vietnamese fishing boats has always been very arrogant. It can be said that every surrounding country is plagued by the harassment of Vietnamese fishing boats. These Vietnamese fishing boats are not just grandly stealing fishery resources from other countries. Vietnam and the United States are behind them. Sometimes these fishing boats are used unscrupulously as spies. Countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia have suffered greatly. They often cross-border investigations under the guise of fishing, which is almost impossible to prevent. Today, Vietnam has manufactured 126 TK1482 militia steel fishing boats, and the ships are also equipped with satellite positioning systems and more advanced communication equipment. In addition, Vietnam plans to let the "fishermen" on these ships conduct military training, and its ambition is clear.
In mid-2019, due to illegal fishing by Vietnamese fishing boats, Indonesia and Vietnam have been in disputes. Subsequently, Indonesia seized a large number of fishing boats and a few fishermen. Although Vietnam's sophistry claimed that these fishing boats were engaged in fishing activities in Vietnamese waters, the Indonesian side still sank 38 Vietnamese fishing boats. Indonesia has a lot of fishery resources, but due to economic and military reasons, it is difficult for Indonesia to effectively defend the seas with more fishery resources in all directions, so it often encounters Vietnamese cross-border fishing. According to data from Indonesia, illegal fishing in Vietnam causes Indonesia to lose more than 20 billion U.S. dollars each year and has threatened its fishery resources and development.
Vietnam has a good subsidy policy for these fishermen,And the purchase of these steel fishing boats has some diesel subsidies. In addition, the Vietnamese side has organized ten of these fishing boats into a battle platoon. Each fishing boat will have armed militias when it goes out to sea, and even some fishing boats are equipped with recoilless guns. These fishing boats are in the ocean. When fishing, even if you encounter marine police from other countries, the combat effectiveness is very strong, and it may be "one call to a hundred responses", with the actual combat capability that ordinary fishermen and marine police cannot match. In the face of hard-line protests from Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries, the Vietnamese side is still going its own way. In fact, Vietnam can have such a strong attitude and has a very strong relationship with the United States. As the relationship between the United States and Vietnam continues to heat up, the United States has even publicly announced the deployment of a coast guard to suppress and threaten other countries.
According to expert analysis, Vietnam has upgraded its fishing boats this time. On the one hand, it wants to further obtain more profits from illegal fishing. On the other hand, it may be to "sink" the Vietnamese fishing boat incident in Indonesia. Shame before the snow. However, Indonesia will naturally not sit still. It is reported that Indonesia has purchased a large number of Rainbow-4B drones to be deployed in sea areas with rich fishery resources in order to prevent Vietnamese fishing boats. This time, the more well-equipped Vietnamese fishing boats do not know what will happen when facing Indonesian drones.
