Drone Wars

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China

Perspective is everything. That's what they tell us. Here is China's version of the latest assault on PCG in the Scarborough Shoal. 

I've got another question: where are these reports getting the areal video? Drones?

Understand China's Three War Strategy. How does it play out if we ignore their faint advanced? The Philippines response is more devious than we give them credit for. 

In a very ironic twist the Chinese Artificial Islands are sinking due only to China being China. 

No Retaliation

The wisdom of "no retaliation" is that China wins. If that's, however, how The Philippines wants to respond to China, it may be for the best. 

The decision is entirely up to the current administration and they feel it is best addressed for the best outcome for the Philippines' people. 

The Philippines tell China to leave; do they show any concern for what the Philippines says?

US Marines gets it's first long range droan. 

DARPA's and the Drone Wars

The inventors of the Internet (IP Protocol) now give us the Manta Ray Drone. 

More on the Northrop Grumman Manta Ray Drone. 

How Drones have changed the war in Ukraine? As the Spanish Revolution allowed the world to see the weapons and tactics of the fascist, the use of drones is the future of warfare. Please pay close attention. 

USMC

US Marines gets it's first long range drone. 

Bonus 

Philippines Drone Laws In case you want to come up to speed (pun intended) on the next weapons platform. There will be a need for qualified pilots. 

Udemy Remote Pilot Certification Preparation class.

Philippines Tech School of Engineering Drone Pilot's Program

Civilian drones are not prohibitively expensive. 

Mission

I ask critical questions to bring light  a Scarborough Shoal Cold War. I ask critical questions to get to the truth. It is not a question of "if" there is going to be a regional war, it is a question of "when."

Remember the Tonkin Gulf Incident which escalated the US intervention on behalf of South Vietnam didn't happen the way our parents were told it happened. 

My wife and son are here in the Philippines. 

Shop Talk

Python Web Crawler Tutorial.

Graphic Images compliments of Adobe Stock Photos. Check 'em out! 

The Grey Zone

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Suggested Listening

Listen to How Civil Wars Start by Barbara F. Walter on Audible. 

This is an very heady book. After listening to the first chapter, I purchased the printed version from Amazon, so I would have it as a reference guide for future investigations. 

In the Grey Zone Again

China is taking over the Rozul Reef

Based on previous post about the nature of the Chinese Maritime Militia, in the abstract, as well as documented effect, these actions are tantamount to poaching. China is taking resources out of the Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone. In some cases the Chinese are encroaching on the Philippines territorial waters. This violates international law, but international law is all but impossible to enforce. China will do what China wants to do, and to hell with everyone else and the rule of law. 

Maybe it is time to take a page from the kids book, boycott all Chinese goods, sell off investments in Chinese goods and services. 

It might be a very good time to invest in Lockheed instead. 

The bigger questions to ask, and answer, is why is China encroaching on the Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone? 

Op-Ed

Admiral James Stravridis writes that the US needs a Naval Coalition to oppose China.

Admiral Rommel Jude Ong says the Chinese staged the latest incident to test resolve. 

The Day After

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China

China buys billions in gold. Gold is usually a hedge against inflation or war, or both. 

Scarborough Shoal

Philippines Coast Guard stays in Scarborough Shoal in spite of Chinese Water Cannon attacks. 

Navy Intelligence 

Chinese spy ship follows French, Philippines, and US Navy Ships during joint exercise. 

Philippines Foreign Service 

Philippines - China Relationship: Beyond Territorial Disputes 

Cybersecurity 

Cyberattacks pound [Philippines] amid Sea row -- April 30, 2024. This is noted on the blog site as well. There are Threat Actors out there who are overreacting to public news. 

US Air Force 

Why is the US spending billions on upgrading the Doomsday Planes?

Today's Bonus 

Coastal Spotters, download Chinese Cost Guard Shit Identification Chart PDF.  

From The Past 

January 23, 2024

China has not declared war on the Philippines. 

Shop Talk 

The titles for each blog are based mostly on my creative whim at the time I begin the information collection. Some time I will change it to fit the theme of the stories I collect. 

Sky News Video Link (Update)

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Sky News Video 

I embedded the video into the first May Day 2024 post. Due to technical issues, it broke. This follow up corrects those issues. 

I've also found two more videos expounding on the information gleened from the original video of China's non-lethal attack on the Philippines Coast Guard Ship. 

Why is the South China Sea so disputed? 

From Yesterday, Sky News aboard the Philippines Coast Guard Ship attacked by China. 

How the Philippines Coast Guard Ship Ended Up Being Surrounded by 12 Chinese Vessels 

Note that two of these reports lean on the US being at fault for the confrontations because the US are allied with the Philippines. China, as well as Sky News, forgets that the US provided tangible assistance to the Chinese during World War Two. This has nothing to do with the US, and everything to do with China's actions in the region. In Criminological theory, it's called Rational Choice. China is choosing aggressive actions. It's no different than gang bangers taking over a neighborhood. 

May Day 2024

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They Are At It Again!

China Uses Water Cannon to Damage Philippians Shipping, again!

• From BBC: Video of today's incident reported by Jo the Jonathan Head of the BBC. 
• From CNN: Water Cannon damages ship in the Philippian Sea.
• Philippians Coast Guard Ship damaged by Chinese Coast Guard use of Water Cannon. 
• From Reuters: Philippians accuses China of damaging its ship (video included).

Sky News

Warns of Escalation

China and Japan 

• China tells Japan to Stop "Militarization" while China does all it can to destabilize the region. 
• Japan responds by updating the Philippians surveillance radar.   

Last Point Tonight 

The world sides with the Philippines after watching the latest assault on Philippines Cost Guard Ship. It's about damn time! 

The Point 

It is the beginning of a new month. It is appropriate to explain what this blog is about.  The reason this blog is updated is to provide intelligence gathered from the various news sources for future reference. The model for the blog is the old Dredge Report. I share it publicly to help anyone who needs the same information. 

I do hope the rule of reciprocation applies here. In the not too distant future I will look for a position as a freelance intelligence analyst. 

I hope you find this work useful. Thank you for visiting the blog. Please, palihug, drop me a note to let me know what you think. Salamat. Thank you. 

April Showers

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Guadeloupe Beach, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines  

April Review 

In order to have the most current information, I am sorting through the internet for details and stories which I may have missed during the month. From the oldest to the recent these are items of importance in The Philippians struggles with China. 

• "We are not the aggressors" in the West Philippine Sea, says The Philippians. 
• "China in for a rude awakening," says The Philippians National Security Council. 
• President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the Philippines would implement unspecified “countermeasures”
  
• China-Philippines relations heat up.  
• Chinese Coast Guard harass Filipino Fisherfolk in the Philippians Exclusive Economic Zone,    
• Philippians Information Agency: The Philippians are not provoking China! China is the aggressor, and the people of the region are paying the price.*
• US, Japan, and The Philippians create a Trilateral agreement in face of China's aggression. 
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• Marcos limits US military to bases it already leased in a bid to slow down escalation with Xi. 
• Unsecured Chinese Site. Open at your own discretion. Be careful. China addresses the "Gentleman's Agreement" it claims to have had with the previous Philippine Administration.
• Marcos says he is "Horrified" that such a secret "Gentleman's Agreement" might exist. 
• Duterte confirms that there is no "Gentleman's Agreement" with China/ 
• The Philippians National Task Force - West Philippine Sea ramps up strategy to combat Chinese Misinformation. 
• Duterte says the West Philippine Sea issue is "propaganda" to drag the Philippines into a US-China war. Watch embedded video for your own determination. 
• Chinese students in the Philippines prompt questions of risk to National Security. 
• G7 calls out China!
• US deploys mid-range missile system in Northern Philippians for the first time.   
• Trilateral Agreement about more than Chinese Aggression in the South China Sea. 

Army Matters: China Vs Taiwan 

*If the China-Philippians tension breaks out in a regional, or global conflict, it will not be due to the Philippians actions, but an error, or miscalculation, by the Chinese Coast Guard, or China's Maritime Militia.

Alas, Berlin

Recommended Listening 

Listen to The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) by Ascension on Audible. You'll learn from the source what the Catholic Church believes. 

Germany 

Six alleged spies arrested in Germany. All six were tied to the German government in one form or another. How many more have infiltrate the German government where none should be? Congratulations, Germany. 

China 

China's Q1 numbers don't look like they are in recovery. This raises the question of China's willingness to wag the dog. 

China is planning to use space to make US intervention in the Asian Pacific waters too expensive. The prohibited weponizing space seems to be becoming thin, according to the US Space Force. 

China is using the frog in the kettle strategy. The temperature is rising, but no one is paying attention. 

USA

Two Chinese National have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell US chip technology to China. Whoops, caught again. 

The Philippines 

The Chinese are getting interested in the joint US, Philippines, exercise known as The Balikatan. This story seems a little strange. 

Video Germany's DW files this report on the Chinese potentiomal response to The Balikatan 2024 exercises. 

On Any Day

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Discussion: Does today's Philippines need a group like The Flying Tigers of World War II to bolster their Navy? Are the Turtle Ships of Old best suited for the Gray Area of today's Philippine Sea? 

China 

The Red Flags which signal that China will take unilateral action to reunify Taiwan with Mainland China under the Communist Party.

Is China Shock 2.0 reviving it's economy, or just raising the stakes for more economic instability? 

To quote, "China debates current churn in South China Sea." 

Trilateral Agreement 

Video (3 weeks ago) China cannot stand up against this alliance. This has a very good explanation of what is ment by "The Gray Zone." I'd call it Chinese violence, but I'm not a country's leader. 

Taiwan 

In a childish display of nationalist defiance, Chinese jets prowl the sky's near Taiwan as Secretary of State Blinken leaves China. Is bias showing? 

The Philippines 

The Marcos Government denies any new model for easing tensions in the West Philippine Sea. More Chinese disinformation to play to it's supporters?

Video Replenishment drill in West Philippines Sea.

On this day 

Top Movie on April 28, 1974 

Top Song on April 28, 1974

Top Television Program on April 28, 1974

Promotion 

Babies Crying in K-Plant and other true paranormal stories. 

Laying Flat

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Philippines 

"One day in early April 2012, a Philippine naval surveillance plane spotted eight Chinese fishing boats inside Scarborough Shoal, a triangular chain of reefs around 125 nautical miles (232 kilometers) from Luzon, the Philippines' main island." 

China

Nonviolent youth rebellion in China in Vogue since COVID: Laying Flat. 

China shares some of the same pressing socioeconomic pressures with the United States of America. 

China dumps $74 Billion in US Treasury holdings. That certainly defies the prediction in the book Earth 2.0. It does raise other questions. Who is feeding China's grain hunger? 

US Economy

Is the USA heading towards a 1970s style stagflation? Some seem to think so. Remember the last one? Or, what brought us out of it? 

Pop History 

#1 song April 26, 1973. Tony Orlando and Dawn. 

#1 movie April 26, 1973. Soylent Green. The year is 2022....  

Baby Boomer Advice 

For the past 65 years I've found little in the way of pop financial advise I could relate to, or use. Knowledge is power but only if you can do something with it. Otherwise it is just trivia. This is the other side of that spectrum: Getting wealthy after retirement. 

Retirement with cool. Seven activities for fulfilling retirement. 

Promotion 

Based on the analysis of his last 50 years, Clifford Allen Potts, Ph.D., brings another thought-provoking page turner as we delve once again into our world's dynamic human environment. Wealth, Women, and War

Shop Talk

Remember me writing about dull news days last week or so? Today is another one. 

Pithy Headline Here

China

Xi is getting cocky, telling the US Secretary-of-State to cooperate or else.  "Choose between stability and ‘downward spiral,’ China tells Blinken during Beijing trip," CNN Reports. 

The Philippines 

The human economic toll, Fisherfolk (as they are called in the Philippines) are being chased off their traditional fishing grounds by Chinese Cost Guard, and Maritime Militia.

Civilian boats are setting sail to show solidarity in the face of Chinese harassment. This article includes a very good explanation of that has occured in the West Philippines Sea. 

USA

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase say the US is in a very good position to negotiate with China. 

Missiles of April

China

China warns The USA, and the Philippines, on the dangers of putting intermediate SM-6 missiles in China's back yard.

They do have a point. The Biden Administration is forgetting the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960's during the Kennedy Administration. It is sad when an otherwise competent US Administration makes such a blunder. 

The Philippines

International tourism is picking up in the Philippines this far in 2024. 

Filipino group says the influx of Chinese students in Cagayan Region aids the Chinese students ability to speak English. (See Tagalog paragraphs below). 

As Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains." *** The group mentioned in the article above may be suffering from the same affliction. If they are paid by the Chinese, it may temper their nationalistic concerns. 

Northwestern University

I was a proud archivist for Occupy Chicago, and a faithful Twitter Reporter for many of the Occupy Wall Street affinity groups. I eventually left that behind because it's time had come and gone. It seems some of my cohorts in Occupy Chicago are continuing the tactics of the movement during this current bout of Pro-Palastine Protest at Northwestern University in Illinois. 

My personal opinion on these encampments was written years earlier in Wealth, Women, and War (Wordtechs Press 2008 -- Lulu 2014) *

The Philippines & China

Sa kabila ng aking personal na pagkiling at pag-aalinlangan, malaki ang posibilidad na nais ng China na manatiling "mapayapa" habang iginigiit ang kanilang labag sa batas, hindi makatwirang pangingibabaw sa katubigan ng South China Sea, West Philippine Sea, Gulf of Tonkin, the East China Sea, at halos pababa sa Indiankaragatan.

Ang kapayapaang ito ng mga Tsino ay yaong sa isang gang sa kalye na kumokontrol sa isang kapitbahay, gumagawa ng mga ilegal na aktibidad, at nangangahas na pigilan ang sinuman. Sa kasamaang palad, hahantong ito sa salungatan.

Minimally, ang pangmatagalang pagbabala ay ang mga barko ay lulubog, at ang mga mandaragat ay mawawalan ng buhay.** 

Remember: Opinions are like noses, everyone has one, said some great philosophers in the past. 

* Purchasing of any of my published works supports what I am doing here now. A worker  is with their wages, right?

** Translation software used. 

*** Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence, who was later elected President of the United States.