On the one hand, the US defense secretary invited the Chinese counterpart to have a video call, and on the other hand, the United States deployed medium-range missiles on China's doorstep. China will naturally not sit idly by and watch this kind of behavior of the United States, so let's see how strong our countermeasures are.
First, on 15 April, the US military officially announced that the US military had deployed the "Typhon" medium-range missile launch system on Luzon Island in the Philippines ahead of schedule. This is the first time in the history of the U.S. military that offensive weapons have been deployed in the Philippines, and it also shows that the U.S. military has deployed such sensitive offensive weapons on China's doorstep for the first time.
In order to prevent the US military's military assets on important military bases from being saturated and destroyed by the PLA in the event of a direct military confrontation between China and the United States, the US military's strategic focus in recent years has been to disperse strategic bases, and a number of new military bases in the Philippines in 2023 will be carried out under this strategy.
That is to say, in the future, the important military assets of the US military will not be concentrated in a certain military base, but will be dispersed to various US military bases, so that even if the PLA strikes first, the phenomenon of being wiped out will not occur, and the "Typhon" medium-range missile launch system is also a very important link in this strategic layout of the United States.
Regarding the US deployment of medium-range missile launch systems in the Philippines, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said:
China has taken note of relevant reports and expresses grave concern over the relevant developments. China has always firmly opposed the deployment of medium-range missiles by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region in pursuit of unilateral military superiority, and the strengthening of forward deployment at China's doorstep. The US move has exacerbated regional tensions and increased the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation.
Lin Jian stressed that we urge the US to earnestly respect the security concerns of other countries, stop inciting military confrontation, stop undermining regional peace and stability, and take concrete actions to reduce strategic risks. The Philippine side should be soberly aware of the true purpose of this move and the serious consequences of pandering to the United States, and refrain from playing for the United States at the expense of its own security interests, and not go further down the wrong path.
This is China's attitude, and it is also a wake-up call to the United States to deploy intermediate-range missile systems in the Philippines, and at the same time a reminder that the Philippines has no bottom line to cater to the United States. It is necessary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak, as it is a way to convey China's attitude to the outside world.
But China's countermeasures don't stop there: Philippine reporters recently photographed a mysterious flying device near the Philippine coastline near the South China Sea, in the air, dragging a white tail flame, skimming the Philippine coastline at a very fast speed. Considering that the Philippines does not have such equipment at all, this information was quickly spread after it was exposed in the Philippines.
However, from the footage shot, we can still distinguish according to the appearance of this aircraft, the mysterious aircraft that appeared on the Philippine coastline is a high-altitude and high-speed unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from the mainland, called Wuzhen-7 UAV. Actual combat training has been carried out in our army on many occasions. It is a very mature military UAV, with a flight altitude of 20,000 meters and a maximum speed of 750 kilometers per hour.
Considering that the U.S. military has just deployed a medium-range missile system in the Philippines, the PLA dispatched the Wuzhan 7 UAV at this time to carry out monitoring tasks. After all, the recent behavior of the Philippines and the United States in the South China Sea is indeed somewhat abnormal and numerous, so China's dispatch of Wuzhan 7 drones to monitor important military bases in the Philippines is the best and most direct response.
Judging from the news from the Philippine media, on April 18, in the waters near China's Huangyan Island, the Philippine side discovered a special Chinese militia ship, why is it special? Because the hull of this militia ship has been officially painted with the same color as the Chinese Coast Guard's white paint, and has the official number 3084, what does this mean, everyone must understand, indicating that this militia ship has officially joined the combat sequence of the Chinese Coast Guard.
And there are not too many militia ships like this in China, so No. 3084 may be just the beginning, and more militia ships will join the China Coast Guard in the future, protecting our country's 10,000-mile maritime frontier from infringement in the South China Sea, East China Sea, and Taiwan Strait.
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