"Those Chinese Missiles Aren't for Us"

Rye83 · May 6, 2018

The Philippines is "confident" that the missiles China recently deployed in the South China Sea, including in one reef declared by a tribunal in The Hague as part of Filipino territory, are not directed at Manila, a spokesman of President Rodrigo Duterte has said.

"With our recently developed close relationship and friendship with China, we are confident that those missiles are not directed at us," Harry Roque said on Friday, in a statement described by critics as the "weakest possible response".

But Roque added that the Philippines remains "concerned" about the deployments, in what he referred to as "contested areas" in the South China Sea, also referred to in the Philippines as West Philippine Sea.

The Mischief Reef, one of the areas where the missiles were deployed, was declared in 2016 as being part of the Philippine territory by the United Nations-backed international tribunal at The Hague.

Philippines 'confident' Chinese missiles 'not directed at us'
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Technically they are right. They are directed straight up and are for anyone that wants to directly contest China's claim on the islands. Since China has Duterte by the balls they probably never will be shot at Manila. But you better believe if Duterte ever gets his balls back those missiles certainly will be pointed at the Philippines.

Dave_Hounddriver · May 6, 2018

Wrye83 said: ↑

they probably never will be shot at Manila
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May be it depends who's ships are parked near Manila?

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