When news about the encounter at Rizal Reef last February 2020 was first leaked out by anonymous sources from the Philippine Government to the Press recently, I found it a bit strange that the Press was using the phrase “Radar Gun” to describe the Fire Control Radar (FCR) that the Liupanshiu (514) Corvette of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aimed at the BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39) Corvette of the Philippine Navy (PN).
But I just dismissed it then as maybe they just wasn’t too familiar about the equipment that was used. Take note that I never saw the any of the local news organization show a picture of what an FCR really looks like.
However, the phrase “Radar Gun” could’ve been carefully chosen by the anonymous Philippine Government Officials who were behind that leak to allow the Press to conveniently drop “Radar” and just use the word “Gun” like what the Inquirer posted in the Infographic. And I have seen other local news organizations also do the exact same thing also.
People who are not too familiar with the incident or the equipment used now would just see the word “Gun” and think that a weapon was really aimed at the BRP Yap, which of course would then heighten their anxiety.
The equipment used was a “Fire Control Radar”, so why did they not use it instead of “Radar Gun”? It could be because the phrase “Fire Control Radar” have much less Propaganda impact than the word “Gun” when used to describe the incident, hence the reason for doing so.
Now as I mentioned before, the use of FCR for intimidation has been used all over the world, including Asia where China used it against Japan, South Korea used it against Japan, Japan used it against China, etc.
SOURCE: Official Inquirer.net Facebook Page Post - 04/28/20, 1812H
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But I just dismissed it then as maybe they just wasn’t too familiar about the equipment that was used. Take note that I never saw the any of the local news organization show a picture of what an FCR really looks like.
However, the phrase “Radar Gun” could’ve been carefully chosen by the anonymous Philippine Government Officials who were behind that leak to allow the Press to conveniently drop “Radar” and just use the word “Gun” like what the Inquirer posted in the Infographic. And I have seen other local news organizations also do the exact same thing also.
People who are not too familiar with the incident or the equipment used now would just see the word “Gun” and think that a weapon was really aimed at the BRP Yap, which of course would then heighten their anxiety.
The equipment used was a “Fire Control Radar”, so why did they not use it instead of “Radar Gun”? It could be because the phrase “Fire Control Radar” have much less Propaganda impact than the word “Gun” when used to describe the incident, hence the reason for doing so.
Now as I mentioned before, the use of FCR for intimidation has been used all over the world, including Asia where China used it against Japan, South Korea used it against Japan, Japan used it against China, etc.
SOURCE: Official Inquirer.net Facebook Page Post - 04/28/20, 1812H
Check out my Links: https://linktr.ee/rhk111
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