China's SCS Strategy Thread
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Marcos is compromised, because of the reputation of his family, his political fortune is at the mercy of his American sponsors, just one mistake and he will be ousted from office and another willing US lapdog will take his place. I dont see a scenario where the Americans will put a pause in their encroachment into Chinese sovereign territory in the SCS. Therefore, China needs to act fast and build up its presence up to be borders of the Nánhǎi Duànxùxiàn.
This is a bit of a curious one and could be related to recent events:
Removed from destroyer captain command due to "loss of confidence in his ability to command". He's ship USS Howard was at Subic Bay during the recent water cannon incident:
His ship arrived at Subic Bay on the 3rd, the water cannon incident was on the 5th. Perhaps either order from above wanted him to make a move and he refused, or the other way around they ordered him to stay put and he wanted to make a move ala 2016.
Removed from destroyer captain command due to "loss of confidence in his ability to command". He's ship USS Howard was at Subic Bay during the recent water cannon incident:
His ship arrived at Subic Bay on the 3rd, the water cannon incident was on the 5th. Perhaps either order from above wanted him to make a move and he refused, or the other way around they ordered him to stay put and he wanted to make a move ala 2016.
North Korea scored 50% of all submarine sinkings (1 of 2) after WW2 so...
Right next to the Rén'ài Jiāo is the Chinese base on Mischief Reef, so I think China knows everything that is going on and already has very fast reaction forces present there.
There are several areas east of Rén'ài Jiāo that China can secure to prevent American and allied aggression against China's interests in the Nánhǎi Duànxùxiàn Chinese sovereign territory.
Uh, you're forgetting sub kill by either RN in 1982 or PN in 1971 I think.
oh damn, PN in 1971 was the first. Thought it was the RN. So 1/3. Not bad. China has 2/3 of the most experienced submariners as allies.
Scuttlebutt is that the USS Howard had a grounding incident ... which is another surefire way to be relieved of command.
Seems like however MM/CCG/PLAN got the heads up last time, it worked again?