The US Military Prepares for 45-Day Ammunition Stockpile

Finally, the United States has revealed a shocking piece of news. The US military plans to build the world's largest pre-positioned combat warehouse in the Philippines. This move clearly indicates that they are preparing for a large-scale conflict in the Asia-Pacific region.

The US military's pre-positioned combat warehouses will deploy large quantities of weapons and ammunition directly in the Philippines. In case of conflict, large numbers of C-5 and C-17 giant transport aircraft will airlift entire units of American troops into position, allowing them to immediately access weapons and ammunition from the warehouses and engage in conflicts.

Currently, more than 14,000 US and Filipino troops are conducting large-scale military exercises to familiarize themselves with the local geographical environment. The area of the first US military pre-positioned combat warehouse will reach 33,000 square meters, located near the Subic Bay Base and Clark Base in the Philippines.

Additionally, the US plans to establish 12 large pre-positioned combat warehouses in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, which can support the US military in conducting high-intensity confrontations in the Asia-Pacific region for 45 days.

The US military will stockpile large quantities of HIMARS rocket launchers, Stryker wheeled armored vehicles, tactical trucks, fortification construction materials, airport equipment, and various other weapons and ammunition. Especially critical are the supporting storage, maintenance, support, and logistics facilities required to sustain large-scale military operations.

The US military is also building a series of battlefield supply stations at civilian ports, airports, military ports, and airports in Japan, the Philippines, and Singapore, to meet the integrated support needs of joint US forces.

The US military is also accelerating the refurbishment and reactivation of many abandoned airfields and small airports on the first and second island chains to enhance their capabilities for mobile deployment and prepare for potential military actions.

In the Asia-Pacific region, the true support points for US military deployments are the Ryukyu Islands controlled by Japan and the Philippine archipelago. The US Army Tactical Missile System (PRSM) has a range of 700 kilometers and will be deployed on the Ryukyu Islands under Japanese control, in the Yaeyama Islands, and in northern Luzon Island in the Philippines.

This poses a certain threat to the southeastern coastal areas. A single HIMARS launcher can fire four army tactical missiles, which still have significant power. Additionally, there are NSM intelligent anti-ship missiles that can blockade the Bashi Strait and pose a threat to southern Taiwan landing fields.

In fact, the key lies in the pincer attack formed by these two missile launch sites in the Ryukyu Islands and northern Luzon. The core here is the Philippines. The Philippines is actually an archipelagic country, a fragmented nation.

Now, the Marcos administration has turned the Philippines into a thoroughly comprador state. It is fully controlled by pro-American families who deposit their assets in American banks and by the Philippine military. The US intermediate-range ballistic missiles, anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, and combat warehouses are all set up in the Philippines.

America's finances can no longer sustain a large-scale confrontation war. The current goal of the US military is to fight a war that is as fast as possible, involves the smallest number of troops, and has the lowest operational costs. They aim to win through quality over quantity. This is also the main reason why the US military stores 45 days' worth of ammunition.

However, once the fighting starts, both Japan and the Philippines, as the two main support points of the US military in the Asia-Pacific, will be rapidly demilitarized. Especially the US-Japan-Philippine military bases in the Ryukyu Islands and northern Luzon will be jointly targeted by ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.

In fact, it should have been done long ago to demilitarize Japan and the Philippines! If it were Russia, given the level of development of these two countries' military capabilities, they would have already been demilitarized due to their perceived threat to Russia!

Demilitarization of the Philippines and Japan

Why can missiles destroy the key US-Japan-Philippine military bases in the Ryukyu Islands and northern Luzon? Because the F-35 stealth fighter jets, the most important weapon platforms of the US land, sea, and air forces, represent a misstep in technological development.

In the battle between the Israeli Air Force and Iran in 2024, the Israeli Air Force's F-35 stealth fighters exposed issues with their short range and inability to carry large munitions effectively.

As a result, they could not completely destroy Iran's key air defense nodes or conduct precision strikes, nor could they fire heavy munitions to thoroughly destroy Iranian targets. The Israeli Air Force could only use F-35 stealth fighters to launch a few standoff strike munitions, but their small warheads were ineffective.

The damage inflicted on Iran was not significant. Even America's strongest stealth fighter could not completely suppress Iran's air defenses, making the cost-effectiveness ratio too low. Ultimately, Israel's homeland was hit by a barrage of Iranian missiles.

The majority of the US F-35 stealth fighters' capabilities are focused on ground support and ground strikes. Our stealth fighters' primary capability is air combat and seizing air superiority. Long-range ground strikes are the task of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and stealth unmanned bombers.

The war in Ukraine has proven that US air defense systems also have a fatal flaw: lack of mobility. Patriot missiles and THAAD systems are essentially stationary air defenses, relying mainly on semi-trailers for mobility.

They are inferior to South Korea's Cheongung-2 and Russia's S-350 air defense missiles. The Patriot and THAAD systems deployed in the forward positions of the Ryukyu Islands and northern Luzon are essentially sitting ducks.

Moreover, the主力 aircraft of the US Air Force are aging. The average service life of F-15CDE models is over 30 years. The average service life of F-16CD aircraft is 32 years, while strategic bombers such as B-1, B-2, and B-52 have an average service age of 47 years, and AWACS aircraft have an average service age of 43 years. Both the US military and its weapons are old!

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