1, HIMARS launchers are also PRsM and ATACAMS launchers. It means targeting ships and island bases nearby from rather annoying survivable and cheap launchers.
2, no one here wants talking about it, but "fortress Philippines" isn't exactly a new US play. The way to solve hostile ground forces is ground forces.
And in this case, HIMARS will perfectly work with their primary six-packs.
The Russian had found a way to intercept those HIMARS so they can handover the knowledge to the Chinese, I like to put forward my view, the theater will be on the second island chain, China will not invade the Philippine, all it had to do is implement a blockade emanating from the 3 major ports in Luzon (Subic, Manila and Batangas), it won't last a week the Island of Luzon will fall, if it fall the Philippine will surrender cause the major political center is in Metro Manila. Just like the Japanese did during WW2. And also those bases will be targeted and the American don't have the necessary ammunition to replace those expended ammunition.
I'll bet once the hostilities started, Marcos will seek a back channel to the Chinese promising neutrality, EDCA is all about repositioning of American arms in major areas in the Philippine, while the VFA is an agreement where the Philippine allowed the American personnel to come in and operate those machine. Under Duterte VFA can be revoked by Presidential decree it provide Marcos a way out of a stickie situation.
About EDCA
The
Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) is an agreement between the
and the
intended to bolster the
. The agreement allows the United States to rotate troops into the Philippines for extended stays and allows the United States to build and operate facilities on Philippine bases for both American and Philippine forces.
T
he U.S. is not allowed to establish any permanent .
The Philippines have personnel access to American ships and planes.
This agreement has been the subject of criticism by some leftist groups in the Philippines.
The EDCA is a supplemental agreement to the previous
. The agreement was signed by Philippine Defense Secretary
and
in Manila on April 28, 2014, preceding a visit by U.S. President
with Philippine President
that same day.
On 12 January 2016, the
upheld the agreement's constitutionality in a 10–4 vote.
On 26 July 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court ruled with finality that the agreement is constitutional.
The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (
EDCA) is an agreement between the
United States and the
Philippines intended to bolster the
American–
Philippine ...
About VFA
A visiting forces agreement is a version of a status of forces agreement
that only applies to troops temporarily in a country. The agreements came into force on May 27, 1999, upon ratification by the Senate of the Philippines.
