Literally the dumbest move, so dumb they think it would work.
That's tubs of Valvoline being delivered by the Philippine coast guard under the guise of evacuating a sick military member.
I would say China benefits from waiting awhile. To compare to ww2 timeline, China is currently where US was when the first Iowas and Essexs were being laid down, and Japan still had a larger navy with more CVs.At the invitation of the Philippines, the US Coast Guard will also be deploying its ships in the West Philippine Sea
The intention is clear, they want war
people should relax about this kind of language really. this is international water. It takes a lot of fleet to send your ships half way around the world. Not something that can be sustained really. That's why it's generally not a good idea to keep your fleet far away from homeUS-PH version of salami slicing in the SCS is moving forward, the intention here is to "Normalize" intrusion into Chinese territories in the SCS. If China doesn't react, more countries will soon follow, Japan, India, Ukraine, and the rest of NATO. Then, when coast guard patrols are normalized, allied navies will start showing up.
Correct sir, the battle is over when China built those strategic artificial island, SCS had begun a Chinese lake. I sometimes shared @PhSt opinion, these salami tactic is a mind game to gloat and intimidate China and hope she break. That's the US, PHIL, AUSTRALIA and Japan plan and there is NO PLAN B which is a kinetic conflict. Why? because those mentioned country don't want war in their backyard and are pushing among themselves where the theater is, Japan want it in SCS and maybe Taiwan same with SK, while the Philippine want it contained in Taiwan and want those bases as a conduit for that purpose.people should relax about this kind of language really. this is international water. It takes a lot of fleet to send your ships half way around the world. Not something that can be sustained really. That's why it's generally not a good idea to keep your fleet far away from home
China does not own SCS by any international law. it's international water.
East China Sea, not relevant in this thread.