South China Sea
South China Sea07° 36" 20"North by 110° 31" 38"East
07° 36" 20"North by 110° 31" 38"East21 June
21 June0200 Local Time
0200 Local TimeKang Wuhan, formerly Shang Xiao, or Captain, Kang Wuhan of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, stood on the bridge of a Chinese-built Type 22 patrol craft. The catamaran-hulled boat sliced through the South China Sea at its top speed of 40 knots, faster than any other vessel in the area. The Type 22 displaced 224 tons with a length of 43 meters and a draft of only one and a half meters. It used two diesel engines to drive four waterjet propulsors, and its aluminum hull had a polygonal-designed superstructure to reduce its radar cross section.
As designed, the Type 22 was armed with eight, YJ-83 anti-ship cruise missiles, the Chine
