The United States and the Philippines began their annual "shoulder to shoulder" joint military exercise on April 22, and from public information, the U.S. Air Force has used B-52H strategic nuclear bombardment to support it. According to the ADS-B signal data on April 29, two B-52H strategic nuclear bombers took off from the US Air Force Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to carry out a mission in the airspace near the Philippines. The large-scale joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines are clearly aimed at giving China a medicine in the eyes, and the US Air Force is further pressuring China by using the B-52H strategic nuclear bombardment, which can carry AGM-158C cruise missiles to launch attacks on land-based and sea targets, and the B-52H can also carry AGM-86 nuclear missiles to carry out missions.
The U.S. Air Force uses Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to implement the dynamic deployment of B-52H forces because the United States can deploy nuclear weapons on Guam, thereby achieving strategic deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region. During the joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines, the US military has shown its weakened fangs, because in addition to the support of the B-52H, the US military has deployed a variety of heavy weapons in the Philippines, including Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of striking targets in China, and Patriot series missiles for air defense operations. The U.S. military has participated in joint military exercises with multiple branches of the military, including the U.S. Navy, so it has shown a multi-domain deterrence posture, and now the U.S. is no longer pretending to be trying to force China to make concessions.
At the time of the large-scale joint military exercise between the United States and the Philippines, the Philippines has already made a big bet that China will take into account the rhythm of the overall situation, according to the AIS signal data of the ship, the Philippine Coast Guard has used patrol ships on April 29 to cover a Philippine official ship to go straight to the waters near Scarborough Shoal. The China Coast Guard issued a statement on April 30 announcing its response to the Philippine provocation, stopping Philippine coast guard patrol vessels and Philippine government vessels from forcibly invading Scarborough Shoal. Beacon Front Station believes that the Philippine media will hype up the Chinese coast guard's drive away from the Philippine ships, and the Philippines will always bring a large number of media reporters to watch, so as to try to exaggerate the so-called Chinese threat.
In fact, the Philippines' forced invasion of Scarborough Shoal is expected, because the United States is currently approaching China with heavy troops, more than 15,000 U.S. troops are deployed in multiple bases in the Philippines, and from April 28, the US Navy CVN 71 Roosevelt aircraft carrier has once again broken into the South China Sea, so that it can put pressure on China during the May Day holiday. Seeing the actions of the US military, the Philippines will naturally have provocative actions, so there was a forced operation to enter Scarborough Shoal on April 30, and it is obvious that the Chinese coast guard will not allow the Philippines to be presumptuous, so there is a decisive action to drive away.
According to information released by the Philippines and the United States, the PLA has used integrated reconnaissance ships and missile frigates to keep an eye on the US-Philippine joint military exercises, and the Philippines has announced the dynamics of the PLA. As a matter of fact, in addition to the close monitoring of sea forces, the PLA also uses high-altitude reconnaissance planes to carry out continuous reconnaissance operations in the relevant sea and air space. The United States has played a very disgraceful role in the South China Sea, and the PLA has taken precautions against the aggressive posture of the United States, so as not to give the United States and the Philippines a chance to cross the red line.