The MSA has issued an announcement on April 30 that the PLA has set up a restricted area for military activities in the East China Sea, which is in effect from May 1 to May 9, and there are also relevant navigation warnings at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The aircraft carrier Fujian has already moved berths on April 29, so it is likely that it will carry out related sea trials, and the Fujian ship was launched in 2022 and is now on standby. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) already has aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong, and after the Fujian is put into service in the future, it will greatly improve the comprehensive combat capability of the PLA aircraft carriers, because the Fujian is equipped with an electromagnetic catapult system.
According to ADS-B data on April 30, the US Air Force used RC-135V strategic reconnaissance aircraft and KC-135R air tankers to jointly intrude into the airspace of the South China Sea. The U.S. Air Force uses the KC-135R to provide an in-flight refueling for the RC-135V, so that it can maintain the RC-135V's reconnaissance aircraft for 8 hours of cruise mission. According to the information obtained by the Global Beacon Line, the large US planes all took off from the Kadena base in the Ryukyus, crossed the Bass Strait, and then entered the airspace over the South China Sea. In fact, at the same time as the US military reconnaissance plane intruded into the South China Sea, the Philippines had already launched a provocation.
According to a statement issued by the China Coast Guard, the Chinese Coast Guard today drove away Philippine coast guard ships and official vessels near Huangyan that tried to force their way into the reef. According to the AIS signal of the ship, two Philippine ships tried to break into the lagoon waters of Scarborough Shoal, and the Chinese coast guard will not be accustomed to the Philippine provocation, and decisively drove away. The China Coast Guard has long been able to carry out regular patrols in the waters around Scarborough Shoal, so it can give Philippine ships a hammer. The provocation by Philippine coast guard ships and official vessels comes at a time when the United States and the Philippines are holding joint military exercises. Judging from the information released by the Philippines, the United States and the Philippines have many maritime subjects in the "shoulder to shoulder" joint military exercise, which is a military action by the United States and the Philippines to collude to deter China.
Judging from the timing of the Philippine provocation, there is quite a big bet that the US Navy will do it, but although the Chinese coast guard has driven away the Philippine coast guard ship and official ship, the US military still does not dare to do it, highlighting the nature of the United States as a paper tiger. Although the US Navy now has the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, it still cannot intimidate the Chinese Coast Guard, which is unequivocal on the issue of sovereignty and has used actions to stop the infringement of Philippine ships and thus safeguard the integrity of territory and sovereignty. The China Coast Guard released relevant information at the first time, thus grasping the initiative of public opinion.
Although the United States has publicly reiterated many times that the United States and the Philippines have a "US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty", the United States still watches the Philippines rush to the front line, just as the United States looks at Ukraine and Russia to the death, because the Philippines, like Ukraine, is just a pawn of the United States. If the Philippines does not return to dialogue and communication with China, the Philippines will inevitably pay the price, as the PLA has warned through joint air and sea patrols in the South China Sea, and the PLA has done what it says.