To solve the problem of Scarborough Shoal, the Chinese side has used a strange trick, the barrier at the entrance of the lagoon has been placed, and the Philippines has been pinched to death, but the Marcos authorities have ordered the Philippine army to prepare for war, and a new tough battle may be coming.
The Philippines has been constantly provoking Scarborough Shoal, and China has made the Philippines helpless. Recently, the Philippines has noticed a change in the appearance of a floating barrier at the entrance to the scarborough shoal lagoon, which apparently prevents some small Philippine fishing boats from breaking into the interior of the Scarborough Shoal lagoon. As for the reason for the placement of the barrier, China's first spokesperson Mao Ning directly made it clear, bluntly saying that the Philippines has recently taken a series of acts that infringe on China's sovereignty in the waters of Scarborough Shoal, and China has to take necessary measures! The meaning of these words is very clear, the Philippines has been making trouble at Scarborough Shoal Island, and now the Chinese side is not polite to them, and directly pulls up a barrier to seal the entrance to the lagoon, to see how the Philippines still uses those small ships to violate the territorial waters of China's Scarborough Shoal!
But you may also have questions, can just pull up a floating barrier and stop the Philippines? This is actually discussed on a case-by-case basis.
First, if the Philippines follows the previous model, in which small fishing boats and official vessels of the fisheries sector are used to storm the waters of Scarborough Shoal, then the floating barrier laid by China will be very effective. After all, for small vessels, a simple barrier at the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal lagoon is enough to keep them out, and this is indeed a simple and effective trick for the Chinese side. But from another perspective, if the Philippines escalates its provocations, then such a barrier cannot be stopped.
From the satellite**, we don't know how strong this barrier is, and we don't know if it can prevent large ** from entering and exiting. But if the Philippines do rush in, they may send large ships with special tools to tear down the obstacles laid by the Chinese side, which is very likely. After all, the Philippines once "posed" for the removal of obstacles last year, although it was a pose, but it is enough to show that the Philippines has the idea of doing so. Therefore, although China has laid a barrier, in order to completely solve the problem of control of Scarborough Shoal, it cannot rely on just one barrier, things are dead, people are alive, and in combination with this barrier, China's maritime law enforcement forces must also keep up, which is the key to preventing the Philippines from continuing to attack the waters of Scarborough Shoal. In fact, when the obstacles were deployed, China's maritime forces were also adjusted, and there was news in the past two days that made the Philippine side very suspicious.
The Philippine Coast Guard noticed that a Chinese Z-9 appeared in the airspace near Scarborough Shoal***, which made the Filipinos have to mumble, think carefully about where did this Z-9 come from? The Z-9 is the main carrier-based use of the Chinese Navy, and of course, it can also be used by some large coast guard ships of the China Coast Guard. The appearance of a Z-9 near Scarborough Shoal indicates that there are either large Chinese coast guard ships nearby, or PLA destroyers, or both! We can guess that in the face of the Philippines' continuous provocations, China has adjusted the deployment of maritime forces, and the Chinese coast guard and the PLA may be ready to "meet" the Philippine provocations, depending on whether the Philippines has the courage to do so. It's just that the Marcos authorities in the Philippines seem to be obsessed with it now, and the Philippine side still looks like it's ready to provoke.
Recently, the Philippines is preparing to purchase new fighter jets, and it is reported that they may purchase Sweden's JAS-39 "Gripen" fighter, which is a classic third-generation aircraft, ** not high, and the Philippines can afford it. For the Philippines, which has no main fighters all year round, they are now suddenly eyeing the third-generation aircraft, and at first glance they are targeting the target. You must know that in January this year, Marcos also approved 2 trillion Philippine pesos for the Philippine defense modernization plan, which has the meaning of reorganizing the Philippine military, and the Philippine military's actions seem to be accelerating the formation of combat power. In the South China Sea, perhaps a new tough battle is still to come, and the Marcos authorities will not easily stop it if they do not suffer some big losses.