This is worth watching.. more work for the diplomats. Hopefully India and Viet Nam stand firm. Logically this dispute would be elevated to some legal body for arbitration but somehow I get the impression China isn't too keen on this approach to problem resolution.
I wouldn't be too surprised with an Indian naval/air base there in the near future. Indian air presence will prove to be very lethal against China. India is much more experienced in warfare.
O yes, this is just the beginning....
IMO this was a very calculated move on the part of Viet Nam to leverage Indian involvement in a commercial venture to strenghen their position relative to China in the SCS. Smart move.
If the claims that the Brahmos is the world's fastest cruise missile is true, then these will prove a credible threat to China's naval dominance. They could also cripple naval installations in Hainan.
Not true, it will not make much of a difference and will certainly not ''prove a credible threat to China's naval dominance''. China has such a clear military superiority that even hundreds of Brahmos will not make much of a difference. As for targetting Chinese territory, bear in mind that the whole of South East Asia is already well in range of a number of Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles.
Sorry I misread the article.
Really alarmist IMO. It makes no sense to target Manila with nukes as everyone is aware of China's military capabilities and Manila,s inability to pose any comparable threat.. this article seems intended to be a PR jab against Beijing . even if true, its counter-productive on China's part,, the last thing it wants is to give an excuse for Manila to invoke the MDT which is very clear about a nuke threat..