In the past two days, the Philippines has once again flexed its military might in the US-led "Rim of the Pacific" exercise. Since they are so stubborn, of course we have to change the style of play.
President of the United States and the Philippines
Under the pretext of maintaining peace and stability in the "Indo-Pacific region", the biennial "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise led by the United States has officially kicked off on the 27th and will last until August 1.
According to the information released by the US Navy, 29 countries participated in the exercise, including Japan, South Korea, Germany and France, Australia, the Philippines and other countries. A total of 40 ships, three submarines, 14 army forces and more than 150 aircraft, with more than 25,000 soldiers, were dispatched to the exercise around the Hawaiian Islands and Pearl Harbor.
The exercise covered a wide range of operations, including anti-submarine warfare, multi-ship surface warfare, and live-fire exercises. As the host, the United States has decided to send the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier, which has just returned from the exercise, to lead the US military to participate in the exercise, during which F-35 fighters, P-8A maritime patrol planes, and V-22 transport planes will also be dispatched to participate in the exercise.
RIMPAC military exercises in previous years
At first glance, it seems that this joint military exercise is huge and the United States is still undiminished, but in fact, it is just pulling the banner of tiger skin and pretending.
There are 29 participating countries, and only 40 warships have been dispatched, and on average, a country can't even make up two, so can this be used to hype up momentum?
Some US media claimed that this year's military exercise will "sink" the decommissioned 40,000-ton "Tarawa" amphibious assault ship, which is a "deterrent signal" issued by the United States and its allies to China.
Biden
In fact, we don't need these "mouthpieces" of the US government to hype it up, we also know what the purpose of the US military exercise is, one is to use military force to put pressure on China, Russia and other countries, and the other is to send a signal to regional countries and allies that "the United States is still strong", so that they can rest assured that they will follow them.
But this is all a trick of the United States to fool people, and the most typical example is that the US aircraft carrier recently left the Philippines and ran away overnight.
Some time ago, the Philippine military sent people to deliver supplies to the Sierra Madre, and the formation was quite large, but it was still stopped by the Chinese coast guard in accordance with the law, during which the Philippine side did not listen to the dissuasion and forcibly collided with the Chinese vessel, so that the Chinese coast guard temporarily adopted a series of countermeasures to teach the Philippine personnel a good lesson, and finally they fled in embarrassment.
Carrier of the Tone
In the process, the two US aircraft carriers, the USS Reagan and the USS Roosevelt, withdrew from the South China Sea one after another, one docked at Guam, and the other entered the Pacific Ocean through the Bass Strait.
While the U.S. has always said that they are with the Philippines and stressed that the U.S.-Philippine defense commitment is "as solid as steel," they can run faster than anyone else when the Philippines needs it.
In view of the fact that the Philippines is unrepentant, the United States is fanning the flames, and the mainland has upgraded its countermeasures, in addition to stepping up patrols in the waters of Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal, our warships and aircraft carriers have also appeared near Palawan Island in the Philippines in the past two days, and the outside world believes that this is of extraordinary significance.
The Philippines photographed the China Coast Guard 5901 ship
The Philippine side recently announced that they monitored the Chinese Coast Guard 5901 ship advancing to Palawan Island on June 22, passing by Nansha Commander Reef on June 23, and then docking at Mischief Reef.
On the 24th, it approached the mainland Nansha Mahuan Island and Feixin Island occupied by the Philippine side, then passed through the mainland's Xianbin Reef, and then sailed to the sea near the northern town of Palawan Island, Ainido, which was only 34 nautical miles away from the coastline at one point.
In addition to this, Filipino fishermen also said the other day that they saw two Chinese warships sailing near the Balabac Strait on the island of Palawan, one of which appeared to be the Type 055 destroyer "Dalian", which was heading for the Melville area at that time.
Dalian ship
Obviously, the Philippines is now very sensitive to Chinese warships, and this is mainly because they are thieves and make themselves afraid of retaliation for doing something wrong, and most Filipinos actually know very well that the United States will not keep its promises, and it really wants to provoke China, and in the end it can only be the Philippines itself that is unlucky.