Recently, friends who have been following the situation in the South China Sea must know that not long ago, the Philippines brazenly dispatched coast guard ships, official ships and other ships to form a fleet in a vain attempt to forcibly intrude into the Scarborough Shoal reef. However, the conspiracy of the Philippine side has long been discovered by our coast guard, and under the strong response of our coast guard's 3103 and 23305 ships, the Philippine ships had to go away in a hurry, and our side once again won a brilliant victory!
However, it is worth noting that at a time when the Philippines is carrying out a frenzied provocation at Scarborough Shoal, our side has dispatched coast guard vessels, fishing boats and other vessels. The incomparably powerful, invincible, and heroic PLA Navy has also dispatched to the waters near Huangyan Dao! According to information publicly released by the Philippine side, the "Nanning" destroyer No. 162, a 7,000-ton large destroyer of the Chinese Navy, Type 052D, has arrived near Huangyan Dao and has formed a rivalry with the Chinese Coast Guard ship 21558!
And many friends are actually quite strange after learning the news. The reason is, on the one hand, the strength of our coast guard itself is strong enough to form a huge advantage over the Philippine fleet that dares to provoke. In the recent confrontation between the Chinese and Philippine fleets, the Philippine coast guard ship was "flanked on both sides" by the Chinese coast guard using water cannons, and the hull suffered great losses. Another Philippine official ship No. 3004 was also hit by a close-range water cannon attack by the 3305 ship of our coast guard! In the face of our strong attack, the Philippine ships were completely unable to compete with our coast guard, and in the end they could only stop fighting.
So, could it be said that this 052D is here to deal with the possible actions of the Philippine Navy? It is also unlikely in terms of strength. In fact, the strength of the Philippine Navy is indeed not impressive, and its most advanced and only kind of ship capable of launching anti-ship missiles is the 2,000-ton South Korean-built Jose Rizal-class frigate, and the Philippine Navy's relatively large ships are two Hamilton-class patrol ships retired from the US Coast Guard, in addition to three very old British-made "Emilio Jacinto" class frigates, and two American-made "Risa" class corvettes. It is no exaggeration to say that the firepower of just one "Nanning" ship surpasses all the warships of the Philippine Navy. Even if it is necessary to deal with the Philippine Navy, there is no need to dispatch Type 052D destroyers such as the "Nanning".
In this case, we should not only ask why such a powerful Type 052D destroyer of our military arrived in the waters near Huangyan Dao? The author believes that this may be the worst we have prepared!
As we all know, one of the biggest reasons why the Philippines dares to be so crazy is because it relies on the support of the United States. According to the "latest scope of interpretation" of the so-called "US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty" publicly released by the US Department of Defense, Philippine coast guard ships have been included in the "US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty" signed by the United States and the Philippines in the nature of a military alliance, and once the US side judges that the Philippine Coast Guard has been attacked, the United States will have reason to trigger the so-called "Mutual Defense Treaty" signed with the Philippines in 1951, and it is very likely that it will directly intervene!
Now, more than 10,000 US troops are conducting so-called "shoulder-to-shoulder" military exercises with the Philippines near the so-called "West Philippine Sea." The United States has also dispatched large warships, including the "Somerset" amphibious transport dock ship and the "Harpers Ferry amphibious dock landing ship!" And this so-called "West Philippine Sea" is actually our South China Sea! Therefore, under such circumstances, the author believes that the reason why our military dispatched the powerful Type 052D destroyer out of Scarborough Shoal is to prevent the US military from possible "armed intervention"!
It can be seen from this that our military has made thorough preparations in the face of the Philippines' frenzied provocation and is prepared for the worst! If the United States and the Philippines really join hands and come in a rage, the final result will inevitably be "taken away" by our army!