The United States withdrew the "Typhon" Army medium-range missile system stationed on Luzon Island in the Philippines because it felt threatened by the mainland's naval and air rocket forces? Or is there something else going on?
A few days ago, according to an AFP report, Philippine Army spokesman Louis de Maralla said that the US "Typhon" medium-range missile launch system deployed on Luzon Island would be withdrawn on the occasion of the joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines.
It also gave a minimum evacuation time, which would be returned to the United States in September.
The point is that this information was made by a spokesman for the Philippine Army, not by a person in the United States.
Well, this matter is a unilateral decision of the Philippines without the consent of the United States; The two countries still discussed it behind their backs and had some plans.
There is still a big difference between the two.
After all, the United States and the Philippines have been engaged in a small period of half a year, is it so easy to compromise?
You must know that in order to deal with the farce between the United States and the Philippines, the mainland has dispatched a coast guard and navy.
Eleven days before the start of the U.S.-Philippine joint military exercise on April 22, the United States deployed the "Typhon" Army intermediate-range missile system to Luzon Island in order to pose a threat to the mainland mainland.
After the joint military exercise of the United States, France and the Philippines began on 22 April, the mainland navy dispatched Type 054A frigates, Type 815 electronic reconnaissance ships and other ships to watch.
As the exercise continues, when entering the month of May.
The Navy of the Southern Theater dispatched nine warships, including the Type 055 10,000-ton Zunyi ship, the Type 052C Haikou ship, the Type 052D Kunming warship, and the Xianning warship, to the South China Sea to watch the US-Philippine military exercises.
When the US-Philippine joint military exercise came to an end, the time had come to June, and the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy had not left, but was still staying in the waters of the South China Sea.
At this time, the navy of the Southern Theater sent three Type 055 10,000-ton destroyers, one Type 052C destroyer, and other ships to the South China Sea again for routine exercises, and a Type 055 destroyer appeared in the Balabac Strait.
Then in July, the U.S. and Philippine marines conducted another exercise to sink a target ship.
At the same time, the Southern Theater Navy dispatched the aircraft carrier Shandong, together with a Type 075 amphibious assault ship, a Type 901 integrated supply ship, two Type 055 10,000-ton drives, two Type 052D destroyers, and two Type 054A frigates are also in the South China Sea, and the location is relatively close to Luzon Island.
In other words, since the Philippines began to make trouble at the instigation of the United States, the navy and air force of the Southern Theater have not let them go as they wish. Basically, all military exercises conducted by the United States and the Philippines involve ships of the South China Sea Fleet.
It can be seen that in such a situation where you practice and I accompany. No matter how many exercises the United States and the Philippines conduct, nothing has been achieved except for a waste of money.
As for the Philippines, it is better to hammer it or hammer it, whether to let it go to the island or not to let it go to the island.
This is the price of being a pawn of the United States!
More crucially, the United States has only been standing behind the scenes, at best, deploying offensive weapons and equipment at the point of deployment and holding joint military exercises.
A little more and nothing!
The Philippines is well aware of this.
After all, Luzon is only more than 600 kilometers away from the mainland, and the mainland wants to destroy the Typhon Army's medium-range missile system with many weapons.
Any type of combat aircraft of the Air Force, short-range ballistic missiles, long-range cruise missiles, etc.
Although it is said that after the United States deployed the Typhon Army medium-range missile system to Luzon, it can indeed cover most parts of the mainland by relying on the range of Tomahawk cruise missiles.
However, it is destined that its defense capability is too weak, and at a distance of only 600 kilometers, there are too many ways to destroy it.
This shows whether the Philippines still has the courage to continue to be an enemy of the mainland under such circumstances.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Philippines and the Philippines felt threatened by the frequent shuttle of the mainland naval fleet to and from the South China Sea, ignored the opinions of the United States, and decided to withdraw the Typhon Army's medium-range missile system
In addition to this reason, there is also a new trick between the United States and the Philippines!
After all, the offensive capability of the Typhon Army's medium-range missile system is not too strong, because it mainly relies on Tomahawk cruise missiles to achieve land attack operations.
To put it bluntly, there is nothing new about the Typhon Army medium-range missile system, which is the army version of the MK-41 vertical launch system, and after its deployment to Luzon, the symbolic significance is greater than the substantive deterrent significance.
If the U.S. military wants to use a subsonic cruise guide like Tomahawk to pose a threat to the mainland, it still thinks too highly of its own strength. In fact, the penetration capability of subsonic cruise missiles is really worrying under the existing air defense system of major countries.
After all, the Tomahawk cruise missile flies slowly and is not stealthy, even if the United States uses it to intercept a lot of air strikes in Syria, let alone use it to challenge the air defense system of major powers.
Perhaps this situation is a drama in which the United States and the Philippines sing together, wanting to advance by retreating and preparing for the next step of deploying more advanced offensive weapons.
Recently, the United States and Japan have announced the successful test launch of hypersonic missiles, perhaps the United States is preparing to first withdraw the Typhon land-based medium-range missile system to the mainland, and then announce the deployment of hypersonic missiles with stronger penetration capabilities in other parts of the Philippines, so as to improve the deterrence capability of the mainland.
This possibility is also there!
Even if the United States deploys offensive weapons and equipment to the Philippines, it will only be the Philippines that will suffer, and the United States will also lose some weapons and equipment, and the key is that this is exactly the effect it wants to achieve.
Therefore, since the United States has previously deployed the Typhon Army medium-range missile system to Luzon, whether or not it is withdrawn will have no substantial impact on the United States.
The last scenario is like the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The two superpowers have compromised with each other, and it is not clear what they discussed or for what reason. After all, the international situation is to pull each other to the limit, and it depends on who has the greatest determination and strength.
All in all, there must be reasons why the United States and the Philippines decided to withdraw the American Typhon Army intermediate-range missile system, and in the final analysis, it is the above three types.
As for the real reason, I personally prefer that the two superpowers have negotiated, and it is not known what was negotiated.
However, the United States has always said one thing and done another, and has been able to look at the Typhon Army's intermediate-range missile system from Luzon with a dialectical mentality. (Image source network, invasion and deletion)