Nukes: What we must fear about the EDCA bases

Second of 3 parts*

THE spate of incidents between the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and its China counterpart plus other Chinese vessels, including 100 reportedly massed in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), precisely demonstrate the first of five realities we Filipinos should bear in mind — and fear in our heart — about the nine Philippine facilities being opened to the United States under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement: EDCA bases create graver problems than they purportedly address.