According to information released by the Philippines, the Philippine Navy used anti-ship missiles to strike a Chinese-built supply ship on May 8, but under the blow of anti-ship missiles, the Philippine Navy's decommissioned supply ship did not sink. The United States and the Philippines will continue to use precision-guided weapons against decommissioned warships docked just 16 kilometers from the coast. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded on May 7 that the U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise used Chinese-built ships as target ships, pointing out the Philippines' "spiritual victory method" trick. The Philippines is in a weak position in the military field, but it wants to deter China psychologically, so it has the action of attacking Chinese shipbuilders with missiles.
The Philippine Navy deployed the FF151 Antonio Luna missile frigate to hit the Chinese-built ship by projecting SSM-700K anti-ship missiles. The Philippines has hyped up the military exercise of missile attacks on Chinese shipbuilding, and it has quite a rhythm of calling at China. Although the Philippines does not dare to take action against the Chinese coast guard and navy, it wants to demonstrate the "strength" of the Philippine Navy by striking target ships at sea, which is obviously an overestimation of its own wisdom.
The US-Philippine joint military exercise is being held against the backdrop of the Philippines' ongoing provocations, which have been jumping up and down in the South China Sea since 2023 and are now openly pulling the United States to intervene in the South China Sea issue, for which there are many interactions in the military field. The recent joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines are "pivoting", and while "shoulder to shoulder", there is also the "Solid Shield" 2024 joint military exercise. The Philippines is trying to use US military force to force China to make concessions in order to seize its interests in the South China Sea, and the Philippines has clearly sided with the United States, as can be seen from the fact that the Philippines has allowed the US military to expand the scale of military deployment in the Philippines.
During the US-Philippine joint military exercises, the Philippines adopted an aggressive posture, successively denying the "gentlemen's agreement" between the Philippines and China, and also denied the agreement with China on the transportation and replenishment of Ren'ai Jiao. According to foreign media reports, China has announced the content of the agreement on May 7, so that the Philippines is disgraced, China is the first salute and then the soldier, has repeatedly reminded the Philippines, but the Philippines still firmly denies the existence of the "gentlemen's agreement", in fact, the freight and subsidy agreement reached between China and the Philippines came into force in February 2024, reflecting China's greatest goodwill. Rising tensions.
The Philippine military leaders who participated in the signing of the agreement have been "on vacation", and it is obvious that the Philippines is now a big gamble failure, and the Philippines is pressing step by step, and I did not expect that China would announce the relevant content of the agreement, so the Philippines' lies have been exposed, so there is a situation where the relevant person in charge suddenly "disappears", in fact, it is directly to avoid the limelight. China has already given the Philippines the greatest goodwill, but the Philippines still has to make inches, so obviously China should not be blamed for being polite.