On April 16th, the surrounding area was not too calm, and S3 was full of turmoil before. The Philippine president recently made two remarks, one is that Marcos said that the recent use of Philippine bases by the United States is due to China's behavior in the South China Sea. Second, Marcos said on April 15 that any "foreign power" would invoke the U.S.-Philippines Defense Treaty to kill Filipino soldiers. This is enough to see that after the United States, Japan, and the Philippines have engaged in a small alliance, the Philippines has completely sided with the United States, and it feels that it will not be able to turn back in a short time.
On April 11, the U.S. Army officially deployed the "SMRF" to the Philippine island of North Luzon, which is the "strategic medium-range fire system", which is what we often call the intermediate-range missile. This is also the first time that the US Army has deployed this weapon to the Asia-Pacific region since the United States and the Soviet Union signed the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty" in 1987. Of course, at this time, some friends will ask, "Isn't it said that the United States has not developed an intermediate-range missile for decades?" In fact, the SMRF launches an anti-ship / ground-to-ground version of the "Standard-6" anti-aircraft missile, with a range of 1,500 kilometers, in fact, the American Tomahawk cruise missile can also reach this range, so even if the United States has not developed the medium-range missile for so many years, the deployment of Tomahawks around the perimeter is almost the same.
Of course, it is not yet known whether the medium-range missile deployed by the Philippines should have been deployed in the Japanese area, but for some reason it was deployed to the Philippines in order to settle for the next best thing. After all, the deployment in the Philippines can only cover the coast, but if it is deployed in Japan, the scope of influence and the time for early warning and interception will also be greatly reduced.
The coast guard has three actions, one is the 5303 ship to closely monitor the Philippine research ship, this 1,000-ton research ship is investigating the northern waters of Scarborough Shoal, of course, his actual purpose is known to everyone. Even if the Philippines dispatches a 100-ton ship, we will have to send a 3,000-ton coast guard ship to it, just to consume us, and in the future, it is recommended that fishing boats go to this kind of thing.
Second, foreign media said that the Haijing 5402 ship was cruising near Wan'an Bank, and then Vietnam's 278 fishery administration ship followed, which was the second time that Haijing 5402 cruised on Wan'an Beach this month. At present, Vietnam has basically sent fishing boats to express its views at a minimum, and does not dare to make too many moves. Recently, the Vietnamese Navy has also opened a naval hotline with China, and the Vietnamese Defense Minister has invited us to participate in the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnamese Navy and the second Vietnam Defense Exhibition.
Third, according to the South China Morning Post, the Wuhan Institute of Marine Electric Propulsion has developed a "smart" water cannon that may change the strategy for the use of non-lethal weapons in maritime disputes.
Generally, the accuracy of the water cannon is insufficient when shooting, but the intelligent water cannon is equipped with a photoelectric probe and a motion sensor, with the help of artificial intelligence face recognition and other technologies, it can accurately hit the target under strong winds and 4-meter-high waves, and adjust the pressure at any time, and the test is 50% more accurate than the traditional water cannon. In the article, it was described as being directly hit by a smart water cannon, and it felt similar to an elephant stepping on it. Then this is very interesting, in the future, you can directly use the intelligent water cannon to suppress the opponent's sound power, so that the opponent loses the ability to collide or sail. This makes non-lethal weapons more useful, rather than just giving the other side a bath. It can only be for the sake of the little Philippines, we have also spent some thought.
On the Japanese side, the whole of the latest 30FFM "Mogami" No. 9 ship is almost the same, only the hangar has not yet been installed, and it is estimated that it will be launched in the middle of the year. This speed is actually quite fast, at present, the world has not been deindustrialized, and it is estimated that China, Japan and South Korea have the ability to quickly "make dumplings". Then recently, Japan's second quasi-aircraft carrier should also be refitted, and the world's largest conventional submarine "Big Whale" class was launched, it can be seen that Japan's preparations for war are also obvious, everyone's attraction is in the Middle East and Russia and Ukraine, and the equipment is muffled in a small day, and it is still talking with the Philippines about the garrison, which is to open the dog cage, which is worth being vigilant. I'll continue to talk about that later.