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“It is the tyranny of geography, as admitted last month by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. According to him, it is unlikely that the Philippines can avoid being pulled into a possible war in the Taiwan Strait given its proximity to the island.”
On the other hand, one of the seven “no-go areas” targeted by the Chinese during the August drills encroached on the Philippine exclusive economic zone in the Bashi Channel, between the southern tip of Taiwan and the Philippines’ Batan Islands. Controlling this passage means controlling transit from and to the South China Sea and the southern section of the Taiwan Strait.
Access to outposts in the northern Philippines will allow small US units to check the movements of Chinese warships and air force planes in the Luzon Strait, south of Taiwan.
Some Chinese military analysts told me that resorting to distributed forces could be an effective strategy to thwart an attack by Beijing on proper Taiwan. However, as noted by naval strategist , for this to be successful, land-based Marines across the first island chain should be supported by “a flotilla of winsome, low-cost, missile-armed surface combatants and diesel submarines.”
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