Zheng Zhen: Behind the US -Philippine military breakthrough, Asia is not just Asians i

Source: Hong Kong 01

Author: Zheng Zhen

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was visiting South Korea after visiting South Korea.The reason for this visit is that the two countries may announce a heavy military cooperation agreement.

Manila Bulletin quoted U.S. officials on February 1 that the United States hopes to reach an agreement this week to open up to four military bases in the Philippines to the US military.

According to the previous signing of defense cooperation in 2014, the Philippines allows five military bases to open to the United States.Including the Barcelona Air Force Base, the Barcelona Air Force Base in the southern Manila, the McGaceri Base in the northern Manila, the Loren Air Force Base on the Mianlan Island, and the Erban Air Force Base of Cebu, but these five bases are not in LuzonNorthern Island.

The United States hopes that the Philippines will open the four bases, two of which may be located in Luzon Island in the northern part of the Philippines and the Bara Bay Province in the southwest.It is unclear how the other two bases and how many U.S. military will involve.In return, the United States proposed to provide the Philippines with military assistance, including drones, so that the Philippine army could monitor the situation of the South China Sea.

This is a new milestone in the US -Philippine military cooperation.Public opinion has pointed out that the US move is expected to provide a strategic base for the U.S. military when conflict between the Taiwan Sea or the South China Sea.

More importantly, when the US -Philippine military cooperation has continued to make breakthroughs in successive progress, the US -Japan military cooperation has been advancing unprecedentedly.

On January 26, the U.S. Marine Corps opened a new base in Guam. This was the first US Marine Corps base established in the United States more than 70 years since the end of World War II.Mainland China challenge is of great significance.

According to the information provided by the U.S. Marine Corps website, the Blaz Camp Base will play the role of the US military's strategic logistics center in the Indo -Pacific region and play a key role for the United States to play deterrence and defense capabilities.According to US media reports, if a conflict occurs, the Marine Corps will be one of the first ground forces to respond.With this base, the U.S. military can deploy more naval marine team members in Guam to further approach the front line of potential conflicts.

According to British media reports, Lieutenant General James Bierman, commander of the Third Yuan Expedition of the United States Marine Corps, recently revealed that the armed forces of the United States and Japan are rapidly integrating their respective command structure and expanding the scale of joint operations.He claims that the United States and its Asian allies are "preparing for conflicts (such as the Taiwan Strait) that may occur in China."Japan Yomiramma also reported on January 10 that the United States was planning to reorganize the Marine Corps in the Okinawa Navy before 2026 to create a "Marine Corps Wedshore Combat" (MLR) with a fast -moving capacity for outlying islands to improveFighting and response to the Chinese army.

With the support of the United States, Japan announced the largest military construction plan since the World War II in December 2022. Japan's defense expenditure plan in the next five years may reach 43 trillion yen (S $ 437.9 billion), Increased by 56%.The Japanese government has previously announced amendments to many security documents, and announced that Japan will obtain a "counterattack ability" and can launch an attack on enemy military bases.

As early as 2020, the United States and India was a quasi -military alliance or even the alliance.There is a framework agreement between the US and India, and the US -Indian defense relationship framework agreement between the United States and India. From 2002 to 2020, it has signed a general military information security agreement, a memorandum of logistics exchange agreement, communication compatibility and security agreement, geographic space cooperation and basic exchanges and geographical space cooperation and geographic space cooperation and geographical space cooperation and geographical space cooperation and geographical space cooperation and geographical space cooperation.The four functional cooperation agreements such as the cooperation agreement are pillars.

At the same time that China's military strength is growing, the United States is not fond of.Adhering to the mentality of "I can not kill, but can't help but wear a knife", the Asia -Pacific military reserve competition is actually accelerating the upgrade.

In addition to the United States, European countries' military investment in Asia is also quite conspicuous.British and Japanese leaders signed a "significant" new defense agreement in London on January 11, the mutual benefit admission agreement, which is regarded as the most important agreement in Britain and Japan for more than a century.It allows the two countries to plan and carry out larger and more complicated military exercises and deploy the army with each other.The German Air Force Commander drove a fighter to Japan to participate in the joint exercise in October 2022. It was the first time after World War II.France considers 70%of the "gust" fighter production line to India.

The world economy is shifting to Asia. European and American countries, which pursue a sword in business in Asia Pacific, have also risen at any time.The rise of China is first of all rising in Asia, but Asia is not just Asians in Asia. The environment around China is not optimistic. China is not likely to pursue Monroeism.

In the era of multi -polarization and the two -core game of China and the United States, major countries are eager to try.Japan's military breakthrough is not subject to the United States, but it has taken the initiative to use the support of the United States. The intention of actively seeking the Asian country such as Britain, France, and Germany is quite obvious.In the future, China will not only face the United States, but also respond to the fierce competition situation of strong players such as Yun.