India has already delivered the first batch of BrahMos anti-ship missiles to the Philippines, the first and only foreign user of BrahMos missiles, a jointly developed weapon developed by India and Russia with the ability to launch from multiple platforms. Russia and India cooperate very closely in the field of weapons and equipment, and at one time India also participated in the joint development of the Russian Su-57 fighter, and later India itself withdrew from the project. Russia has made many achievements in the field of missiles, but at the same time, it has also carried out the proliferation of missile technology, in addition to exporting cruise missile technology, Russia has also exported ballistic missile technology, and both the peninsula and South Korea have missile technology from Russia, so there is a situation where missiles with similar shapes appear at the same time.
In addition to importing missile technology from Russia, India has also purchased five battalions of S400 anti-aircraft missiles in an attempt to establish air defense superiority over China. India is on par with China in the field of weapons and equipment, and after China buys Russian S400 missiles, India is also ready to move. Russia's proliferation of missile technology has already posed a threat to China's national security, not only because India has a variety of missiles, but also when it has supplied them to the Philippines. Today's Philippines is determined to deter China, and it can be seen from the Philippine provocations in the South China Sea that the Philippines is serving the interests of the United States and openly confronting China for this purpose.
According to foreign media reports, the Philippines has built a new military base in Zambales off the coast of Luzon since 2022, which is a launch position and reserve warehouse provided by the Philippines for the introduced BrahMos anti-ship missiles. Judging from the location of the base, the Philippine media pointed out that the range of the deployed anti-ship missiles can already cover China's Scarborough Shoal, because BrahMos has a range of 300 kilometers, and the distance from Zambales to Scarborough Shoal is 250 kilometers, thus highlighting the strategic intention of the Philippines, which is to achieve the strategic purpose of deterring Scarborough Shoal by deploying BrahMos cruise missiles. For the Philippines, the BrahMos cruise missile has become a deterrent weapon because of its ability to fly at supersonic speeds.
In fact, BrahMos also has the ability to deploy on a mobile basis, and the Philippines has purchased vehicle-mounted anti-ship missile systems, so it can set up launch positions near the base to create a new deterrent. The Philippines' purchase of BrahMos anti-ship missiles is aimed at China, and now the Philippines is not equipped with them, and directly deploys relevant missiles near Scarborough Shoal. In recent years, the Philippines has been improving its military strength, which is directly related to the "Indo-Pacific strategy" promoted by the United States, the Philippines is to serve the strategy of the United States, in fact, the Philippines is "harming others and not benefiting itself", because the United States has not given the Philippines benefits, and the purpose of the Philippines jumping up and down is also to make the outside world feel confused.
As for the motives of Philippine President Marcos, the analysis of the global beacon line believes that it is very likely to be related to the assets of the Marcos family in the United States, the Marcos family has seized huge benefits from the Philippines before, and then transferred the assets to the United States, so the United States is very likely to use the assets of the Marcos family to blackmail Philippine President Marcos, or Marcos himself is worried that the United States will confiscate his family's assets, and for this reason, he will have to deal with China to make a name, so he cannot have illusions about Philippine President Marcos.