How U.S. military could become involved in dangerous South China Sea conflict

60 Minutes reports on what's being called "the most dangerous conflict no one is talking about" as tensions rise between China and the Philippines over disputed waters in the South China Sea. Correspondent Cecilia Vega got a firsthand look at how dangerous the conflict could become.

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[lenardosbornsjustice]

Those vessels didn’t just appear next to each other instantly( they had radar letting them know they let it happen, had the film rolling, it’s so obvious.

[billlam]

China been doing this for like 3 decades. Ask the vietnamese

[podcastfan]

Everybody got a plan until they get punched in the nose.- Mike Tyson

[grado]

People who says this is not America's business needs to understand this....the route of conflict involving the Philippines is crucial single path to commercial/non-commercial transit in and out of Asia...to the US. This totally affects America.

[SIR_RR]

just simply PIRATES, might be one of the modern pirates we will ever see.

[meganearth]

"We didn't know". Why is that???

[LisaWelborn]

I've reported this was happening when we went to Defcon3 last month. Why were the reporters not covering it? It's a pretty darn important topic.

[kevinjenner]

China’s recent history of illegal wars, occupations, regime change, and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc…a legitimate cause for concern.

[chilam]

Send in the Carrier group to protect U.S water in the South China Sea.

[kensweetser]

The government needs to stay out of our lives and stay the hell out of other countries

[livefreevinnie]

Good for the Filipinos for standing up to the bully.

[UnrealTalent]

Stop calling it south china sea. Its eastern asia ocean

[dezmangalway]

Wait so the Filipino Coast guard grabbed baseball bats not assault rifles to defend a boarding 🤨

[FF.-tv]

This is not just Philippines China issue! It is an International issue. If China will control the whole Asian sea freedom of navigation will be jeopardized and invasion of Taiwan will be imminent.

[theleavingroom]

china should focus on investigating where covid originated instead of this.

[yackawaytube]

Using clubs in a gun fight? Not smart.

[tim]

Not going to lie that looked like SARAH CONNOR on that boat

[tcbink]

The Filipino government kicked the US out of the Philippines and closed all our bases but now they want us to help them. Would have never happened if the navy was still there.

[Mason-SHM]

It seems that in us, if somebody breaks into your house without a permission, you can shoot. Am I correct?

[araq]

This is happening 1000 miles from china and 100 miles from the Philippines