Did the Philippine speedboat install protective steel plates and turn to confrontation immediately after talking to China?The Philippine Navy's speedboats are beginning to be generally retrofitted defensively, and recently, their *** captain just spoke with us to express their willingness to improve relations between the two sides, does it mean that they suddenly changed their minds and are ready to take a tough attitude?
The Philippine Navy's main fleet is dominated by light combat vessels, and there are increasingly public displays that the Philippine Navy's speedboats, gunboats, and assault boats are equipped with bulletproof armor plates in the bridge area to improve their survivability.
Based on the Philippines' practical experience in previous close-range artillery engagements, the area needs to be strengthened, so the Philippines is currently installing bulletproof steel plates around the bridge. Not only that, but they also blocked out the large hanging windows, leaving only a few small viewing windows, which while this affected the view, but did improve safety.
Objectively speaking, the Philippines is not doing this recently, but has been doing so for some time. It's just that after they intensified their provocations against us, they accelerated the process of these modifications.
In addition, observing the interior of the Philippines, there are actually certain factors of instability, especially the profound contradictions in various parts of the southern region. In addition to ethnic and religious issues, there are many armed forces in the Philippines, and skirmishes often break out with the army. Therefore, the Philippines is indeed in line with its current practical needs to modify these gunboats and assault boats to improve its protection capabilities.
But the complexity of this state of affairs is far from what it seems. While challenging us, the Philippines is no longer limited to administrative means, but is gradually introducing military power into the arena. Of course, they understand perfectly well that they simply cannot match us in terms of equipment, so they will strengthen and take some necessary protective measures. Therefore, we cannot rule out that they will indeed use these means to intervene in the dispute between China and the Philippines in the future.
If the Philippines dares to use these modified dinghys for misconduct, in fact, our coast guard will be enough to defeat them, and there will be no need to use the navy at all. However, in dealing with these issues, we will remain under strict control of the situation. It is important to ensure that the situation is in our own hands, so that the subsequent events will be easier to deal with. We can keep it within the realm of law enforcement, and even if it leaves room for the Philippines, it is to give itself room to be flexible.