A Chinese navy warship and Chinese coast guard vessel collided Monday in the South China Sea, as the latter chased a patrol boat belonging to the Philippines at high speed.

A Chinese coast guard and navy destroyer collided during a dramatic confrontation with Philippine government forces in the South China Sea. Footage released by Manila captured the accident, which severely damaged the coast guard cutter. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry via email for comment.

The Philippine military has blamed China for a collision between two Chinese navy and coast guard ships in disputed waters

Video footage shows the South China Sea chase and the aftermath, including "substantial damage" to the Chinese Coast Guard ship, Manila said.

The Philippine Coast Guard will review how it would operate its aerial drones to document the maritime patrol of its officers and assets, including the intrusion of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Saturday revealed it was unable to deploy drones during the Aug. 11 collision of two Chinese vessels in Bajo de Masinloc, citing possible signal jamming. PCG West Philippine Sea spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela said they believe China

Ignoring repeated dissuasion and warnings from the Chinese side, the Philippines organizes multiple types of vessels to insist on intruding into waters near China's Huangyan Dao under the pretext of delivering supplies to fishing boats on August 11,

The United States has deployed two warships to the disputed South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal. This follows a collision between Chinese navy and coast guard ships while they attempted to drive away a smaller Philippine vessel.

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea -A Chinese jet fighter "intercepted" a Philippine aircraft carrying journalists during a patrol flight over the Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, the Manila government said,