Chinese ‘overkill’ in dispute with Philippines damaged two Chinese ships. Why it could have been much worse

It’s hard to call the collision of two multi-thousand-ton military ships “fortunate,” but that’s exactly what analysts are saying about the incident in the South China Sea this week that left a China Coast Guard ship with a heavily damaged bow after it hit a People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer.Dramatic footage released by the Philippine Coast Guard showed the moment the