The opening of domestic military bases by the Philippines to the United States to deploy intermediate-range missile systems has aroused great dissatisfaction in China and great anger among the Chinese people, and even after the Philippines has made such a dangerous move, China and the Philippines have completely left no room for turning around in the South China Sea!
Even the United States, which deploys medium-range missile systems in the Philippines, is cautiously testing not to directly deploy missiles threatening Chinese mainland in the Philippines, but only symbolically deploys the shorter-range Standard 6 anti-aircraft missiles!
The nature of the Philippines' move is very bad, but it is a bit of a fuss to rise to the level of threatening China's national security, after all, although US missiles can hit Chinese mainland, as long as the two sides do not completely tear their faces and fight each other, the United States will not make any crazy moves!
And for the United States, which does not have hypersonic missiles, the Tomahawk cruise missiles they launched are still within the range that China can intercept, and once the two sides really start a full-scale war, the missile base in the Philippines is also within China's range!
This move by the Philippines is extremely provocative, but the actual threat it can bring to China is not much, but in the face of such provocations, China will inevitably fight back, and only by beating the provocative United States and the Philippines is afraid that we can avoid their more radical moves!
How can China counter the United States and the Philippines?
How should China counter such an extremely provocative move by the United States and the Philippines? In fact, after the United States deployed missiles in the Philippines, the Chinese Foreign Ministry gave an answer, that is, it also threatened to send missiles to the backyard of the United States!
Immediately after the United States deployed the intermediate-range missile system in the Philippines, the Chinese high-level officials met with Cuban officials who were visiting China, and the two sides paid a cordial and friendly visit, and the exchanges achieved very successful results.
This is how the Chinese side tells the United States that if you have deployed missiles to our doorstep, then it is understandable that we should send some weapons to your backyard, and our missiles cannot be intercepted by the United States.
Of course, this is only a symbolic threat and intimidation, and China basically will not make such a radical move, because once China really sends missiles to Cuba, then China and the United States will inevitably tear their faces apart! Now neither China nor the United States is ready for an all-out showdown!
Therefore, Cuba is just a symbolic card in our hands, which can be held in our hands to make the United States have some scruples, but it cannot really play it to cause harm to the United States!
The United States also knows this, so after the meeting of the leaders of China and Cuba, it sold China a face, and did not deploy missiles that can hit the Chinese mainland in the Philippines, but this is not safe at all, after all, as long as the medium-range missile system is placed there, the United States can change the missile model inside at any time!
The United States has countless military bases in the Asia-Pacific region, and these military bases are all solid bastions of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, but China does not have a huge overseas military garrison like the United States, so how can we protect our interests in the South China Sea?
At this time, some military experts proposed to build Scarborough Shoal into a core maritime military base in China after the reclamation, and when this proposal was widely discussed, everyone felt more and more that this was a very good plan, and the United States and the Philippines are now deploying the intermediate-range missile system, which seems to give China a suitable reason for us to achieve this!
Benefits of the militarization of Scarborough Shoal!
In the face of the militarized deployment and provocation of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, China's response is not aimed at the United States, but at those Asian countries that wear the same pants as the United States.
Now, in the face of the Philippines' opening of military bases to the United States and the deployment of intermediate-range missile systems, according to China's consistent approach, countermeasures must hit the Philippines and must hurt him.
Scarborough Shoal, which is not far from the Philippines and geographically important, is China's best choice, and if China builds Scarborough Shoal into a military base by filling it, it will be equivalent to driving a nail in the door of the Philippines, and then Philippine military movements and maritime law enforcement agencies will be monitored by the maritime military base.
In addition, if the Philippines still unrepentantly colludes with the United States, China can also deploy some missiles at the military base on Scarborough Shoal, so that the Philippines can also taste the taste of missiles on its neck!
Turning Scarborough Shoal into a military base after reclamation would also make it easier for China to deal with the frequent incursions into the South China Sea by the Philippines. In the waters of Scarborough Shoal, the Philippines will no longer come to look for trouble, and for other waters that are frequently harassed by the Philippines, such as Ren'ai Shoal and Iron Line Reef, the troops on Scarborough Shoal can also radiate!
Once China reclaims Scarborough Shoal, it will not be said that the South China Sea problem will be completely resolved, but at least China will not be as passive as it is now. Now that the United States is deploying an intermediate-range missile system in the Philippines, the Philippines feels that this can cause big trouble to China, so it is the best time for China to fill up Scarborough Shoal!