As soon as the Shandong aircraft carrier of our army had formed the strongest fleet in the western Pacific in the South China Sea, Philippine Army spokesman De Maralla immediately said that the "Typhon" medium-range missile launched by the United States in the Philippines was about to be withdrawn and would return to the United States in September at the latest.
In the more than two months since the "Typhon" intermediate-range missile system was deployed to the Philippines, the US military has not had time to fire a single round of live ammunition before it has been evacuated, which is enough to show that the US military stationed in the Philippines has felt the powerful deterrent power from our army.
In the face of the retreat of the American masters, the Philippines became even more chaotic and put on a posture of preparing to "single-handedly fight the PLA." According to a report by Taiwanese media "China Times News Network" on July 5, the Philippine military claimed that at the end of June, three sets of Indian-made BrahMos anti-ship missiles had been fully delivered to the Philippine military.
Back in 2022, the Philippines spent $375 million to buy 3 sets of BrahMos anti-ship missiles from India. Indian Prime Minister Modi personally congratulated India, saying that India has ushered in an important military export milestone, which is India's first BrahMos missile export business. In the days to come, India also hopes to sell BrahMos to Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries that have maritime "disputes" with China.
The missile is said to have a range of 300 kilometers and is maneuverable. If the Philippines deploys BrahMos anti-ship missiles along the long western coastline, it can cover up to "half of the South China Sea" and include Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal in the "strike range."
At present, the Philippines has begun to build the first BrahMos anti-ship missile base in Zambales Province on the island of Luzon to enhance its naval attack capability. However, if the Philippines wants to use this to deter and confront the PLA in the South China Sea, it can be said that it has completely miscalculated.
First of all, the BrahMos anti-ship missile produced in India is said to have a range of 300 kilometers, but the Philippines is afraid that it can only hit targets within a few tens of kilometers with it. This is because the Philippines does not have long-range detection systems such as over-the-horizon radars or airborne early warning aircraft, and although the Philippine military is equipped with some small UAVs, these UAVs are few in number and have a slow speed, making it difficult to evade our military's advanced air defense systems.
Even if the Marcos Jr. government spends a lot of money and gets the MQ-9A Reaper drone from the United States, it will not be able to pose a threat to our army at all. You must know that the MQ-9A Reaper drone has been shot down by the Houthis, and what the Houthis don't care about, our army can naturally deal with it more calmly.
Secondly, the Philippines lacks the necessary air defense capabilities, and the anti-ship missile base is a living target. Judging from the air defense system, the Philippine army is currently only equipped with two sets of surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles produced in Israel, which are not even enough to protect the Philippine presidential palace and cannot be used to protect the BrahMos anti-ship missile base.
From the perspective of the Air Force, more than a dozen FA-50 light fighters are the main force of the Philippine Air Force, and this strength can be said to be completely insufficient. It can be seen from this that the Philippines cannot even protect the security of anti-ship missile bases.
It is worth mentioning that the Philippines uses BrahMos missiles of Indian production to deal with our army, which is a joke in itself. As we all know, the BrahMos missile produced in India has always been nicknamed "Brownian motion bomb" by netizens.
"Brownian motion" is a physics term that describes the random movement of tiny particles in a fluid, and the name means that after the BrahMos missile is launched, no one can predict where it will fly, and such a missile is fortunate not to inadvertently injure its own personnel in wartime.
Over the past 10 years, India has proved again and again that the BrahMos missiles it produces are fully worthy of the name "Brownian motion bomb." In March 2014, India tested the flight performance and strike accuracy of the BrahMos missile at the test site in Odisha.
In December 2016, India tested the ability of BrahMos missiles to be launched from submarines in the Arabian Sea. This time, the BrahMos missile directly failed to eject smoothly from the launch tube, and the submarine-launched test was "stillborn";
In April 2019, India tested the BrahMos missile again at a land launch site after five years of sharpening its sword. This time, just seconds after takeoff, the BrahMos missile began to spiral out of control, deviating from its intended trajectory and eventually crashing into what the Indian military called a "safe zone."
From these three accidents, we can clearly see that India's BrahMos missile can be said to be the one who buys the BrahMos missile and who suffers, and whoever buys it is deceived. However, the Philippines wants to be the main one who has been wronged, making its already insufficient military spending even more strained. Anyone can see that the Philippines' desire to confront the PLA in the South China Sea is nothing short of a dream.