The September 24, 2026 resupply mission to a World War II-era warship grounded in 1999 at Second Thomas Shoal was not completed due to dangerous maneuvers by Chinese vessels

The overlapping territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea, principally between China and Southeast Asian states including the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, encompassing disputed islands, reefs and shoals, and the naval, coastguard and diplomatic confrontations arising from them.