What is the reaction of the United States when China continues to provide advanced weapons to the Philippines?

In the past two days, our country has provided military assistance to the Philippines, which has attracted the attention of many people. What is going on?

On October 5, local time, the second batch of anti-terrorism weapons and equipment provided by China to the Philippines arrived in the Philippines, with a total value of approximately 30 million yuan. In addition, the Chinese People's Liberation Army is willing to share its experience in counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics with the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

You know, on June 27 this year, China delivered the first batch of anti-terrorism materials to the Philippines, worth US$14 million. According to the plan, China will continue to donate the third batch of anti-terrorism weapons and equipment to the Philippines early next year.

Within one year, our country will provide assistance three times in a row. The frequency is high enough to show the importance of the matter, but a series of problems will also arise. Why does our country continue to provide weapons and equipment to the Philippines? What's the reason behind this? What was the reaction of the Philippines’ former ally, the United States?

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Urgent

Our country has always severely cracked down on terrorist activities. This time, the reason why our country is extending a helping hand is because the Philippines has been attacked by terrorism. However, it is difficult for the Philippines to solve this problem alone.

In late May this year, the "Mut" terrorist armed forces attacked and occupied Marawi City in the Philippines.

According to media reports, this organization has been established for about four years. It was only after Philippine President Duterte made it clear that he was anti-American that it really began to carry out large-scale terrorist attacks. In addition, this organization has ties to ISIS. The ISIS organization provided training and weapons financial support to the local terrorist armed forces with only a few hundred people, and sent "veterans" with rich experience in the battlefields of the Middle East.

As soon as this incident came out, the Philippine government subsequently dispatched a large number of troops to encircle and suppress it. But the encirclement and suppression did not go smoothly.

So far, the Philippine government troops have been holding on for more than four months. Local terrorist armed forces defended the city under fierce attack by Philippine government forces. The government forces paid a heavy price and still made slow progress. In the long run, the current ISIS organization is just a "small trial" in Southeast Asia. If ISIS moves from the Middle East to Southeast Asia on a large scale in the future, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to cope with it.

However, the stalemate for so long also exposed many problems. On the one hand, this shows that the spread of the ISIS organization to Southeast Asia has reached a level that cannot be underestimated; on the other hand, it also shows that the Philippine government forces really need to comprehensively improve their military quality and equipment levels.

On June 27, thick smoke rose from an air raid site in Marawi City, Mindanao Island, southern Philippines. On the 27th, the Philippine government rejected the hostage exchange conditions previously proposed by the anti-government armed "Maute Organization" and stated that "there are no negotiations with terrorists."

Weapons

It is certainly well-founded to say that the Philippines’ military level needs to be improved urgently. This is clear when you look at the previous situation.

Due to the limitations of economic strength, the strategic tasks of the Philippine military are basically "security warfare". Military construction has also been troubled by insufficient military expenditures, and there are serious problems of insufficient and obsolete weapons and equipment.

For example, at that time, the armored forces of the Philippines' core offensive force suffered from the weak body of the armored vehicles and had to pile cardboard and wood on them; the Philippine infantry did not have strong firepower support and faced many difficulties when fighting in complex urban areas. .

But the matter is not just that. The equipment of the Philippine Army has long been mainly old American second-hand goods. For example, most of the automatic rifles used by the military and police forces fighting in Malawi are the M16 used by the US military during the Vietnam War. The weapons are older than the soldiers. Uncle Dao visited military camps in the Philippines while he was abroad and was quite impressed by the wear and tear of these guns.

At the end of June this year, Duterte enthusiastically manipulated the Chinese-made NSG-1 sniper rifle (CS/LR-4 export type)

Assistance

How can we deal with rampant terrorists without decent weapons?

China realizes the seriousness of the problem.

As early as June this year, when the fierce battle between the Philippine government forces and the "Muter" terrorist armed forces was at its peak, China provided a batch of anti-terrorism supplies worth US$14 million to the Philippines. At that time, Philippine President Duterte personally came to receive the supplies. This batch of weapons.

President Duterte was present in person, which made it clear. First of all, he is very concerned about the continued advancement of practical cooperation between China and the Philippines after the relationship between China and the Philippines has recovered. Secondly, this batch of aid from China is definitely a "sending of carbon in the snow."

This time, our country’s government donated 3,000 rifles, 3 million rounds of ammunition, and 90 pairs of sniper rifle scopes. Of course, these weapons are also very advanced. For example, the assisted CS/LR4A7 sniper rifle is nicknamed "260,000" in China, allegedly because its unit price is as high as 260,000 yuan. In addition, the bullets it uses also need to be specially made, and the price is as high as 40-50 yuan per round. Domestically, it is only equipped to a small number of elite troops and military and police units that perform special tasks.

Today, the Philippines wants to improve its domestic security environment, and China certainly supports it, because terrorism and drug trafficking are common enemies of mankind.

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Calculation

Facing the common enemy of mankind, our country has shown its demeanor as a great power. Those behaviors of negotiating political terms with neighboring countries and using them as blackmail for their own selfish interests are not China's style. But some countries do.

The United States was once an ally of the Philippines. After the war in Marawi broke out, the United States seemed very "generous" and handed over hundreds of automatic rifles, machine guns and other weapons to the Philippine army, and also sent several Small unmanned reconnaissance aircraft operation team.

However, the scale of this aid has been greatly reduced compared with before. In the past two years, the United States has provided considerable assistance to the Philippines. Not only did it personally donate Coast Guard patrol ships, it also encouraged Japan to donate several ships as well.

But this generosity is not unconditional. If it wants to obtain weapons, the Philippines must listen to the instructions of the United States and Japan and engage in a "dead fight" with China in the South China Sea. Previously, the United States and Japan dragged the Philippines to develop naval armaments, and the Aquino III government was led by the United States and Japan to use the originally very limited military expenditures to deal with China, but in the end it backfired.

After the Duterte government came to power, it had a clear understanding of the situation. He refused to follow the previous government's line of helping the United States fight China, and instead focused on improving domestic security and social order in the Philippines, vigorously combating drugs and terrorism.

But the Philippines immediately suffered retaliation from the United States. Last year, the Philippines tried to purchase M4 rifles from the United States to replace those old grandfather rifles from the Vietnam War era, but the U.S. government mercilessly used political issues to "stuck" the Philippine government.

In 2014, people in the Philippines held up slogans saying "American imperialism is the number one terrorist"

Philippine President Duterte once said that only China would help the Philippines. Facts have proven it time and again. China will not take advantage of others' danger, and is willing to be a good neighbor to everyone, and work together to study how to live a good life.