The US military has deployed medium-range missiles in the Philippines, and Marcos has given what Biden wants, so no wonder Marcos dares to openly clamore for "dealing with China," and what exactly does Biden want? How does our side respond to the US and Philippine military movements?
On the 15th, the U.S. Army Pacific announced that the U.S. Army's 1st Multi-Domain Task Force deployed the "Intermediate-Range Strike Capability" missile system in northern Luzon in the Philippines for the first time in history, and said that this deployment was a "milestone". It is understood that the "medium-range capability" launch system, also known as the "Typhon" weapon system, is part of the US Army's "long-range precision fire" (LRPF) program, and is mainly used to launch "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, as well as compatible with the RIM-174 "Standard" SM-6 ballistic missile, which can be used against surface targets. The U.S. Army claimed in a press release that the deployment of "intermediate-range capability" missiles in the northern part of Luzon Island in the first island chain will not only cover the entire Luzon Strait, but also "reach various bases along the coast of China and in the South China Sea." In other words, the U.S. military in the Philippines has reached the coast of China and the South China Sea.
It is worth mentioning that on the same day that the US military released the above news, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos arrogantly admitted at a press conference that the Philippines added four new US military base locations last year, the purpose of which was to deal with China's actions in the South China Sea. The four new U.S. military bases are located in northern Luzon, where the U.S. military deployed medium-range missiles, and one is located on Balabac Island in Palawan Province, which is close to China's Spratly Islands. At that time, when Marcos publicly said that he would "deal with China", the outside world was still in disbelief, because it was diametrically opposed to his earlier statement, and previously, in order to dispel the concerns of China and the international community, Marcos had repeatedly stressed that in the midst of regional tensions, the Philippines would not allow anyone to use Philippine military bases to launch any offensive operations, and the Philippines would never be used as a "supply depot" for any military operations. It turns out that Marcos saw that his "backer" had really come, and that the US military's medium-range missiles had already been stationed in the Philippines, so Marcos had the "confidence" to openly clamore for "dealing with China."
However, judging from the United States' consistent style of doing things with the word "profit" first, it is obvious that Marcos thinks too well of the Biden administration, and is the US military's deployment of medium-range missiles in the Philippines really just to "take the lead" against China on the South China Sea issue for the Philippines? What the United States wants is to dominate the entire Asia-Pacific region and at the same time use it as a springboard to maintain its global hegemony, and the stationing of US troops in the Philippines and the deployment of medium-range missiles in the Philippines are just part of the US plan. Marcos has given what the Biden administration wants, but will the Biden administration give what Marcos wants? Judging from the US style of "paying lip service but not actually delivering," if the United States does not let the Marcos administration take the lead and act as "cannon fodder" for regional conflicts, the Marcos administration will already burn incense.
In response to the above-mentioned military moves by the United States and the Philippines, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning recently explicitly urged the United States to earnestly respect the security concerns of other countries and stop undermining regional peace and stability. At the same time, she stressed that China adheres to the path of peaceful development and firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy, and we have no interest in competing with any country in terms of military strength, and China has always resolutely opposed the deployment of medium-range missiles by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region in order to seek unilateral military superiority, and strengthened forward deployment at China's doorstep. In addition, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of the Mainland, also made it clear earlier that China resolutely opposes the US deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region, and if the United States insists on deploying it, it will be a provocation at China's "doorstep." China will never sit idly by and take all necessary measures to resolutely counteract.