Are you daring to challenge China? South Korean companies plan to sell anti-ship ballistic missiles to the Philippines after China's sanctions
Recently, China announced countermeasures against Hanwha Group's U.S. branch, adding it to the sanction list. Unexpectedly, the headquarters of Hanwha Group immediately announced its consideration of selling anti-ship ballistic missiles to the Philippines, according to reports, in response to the Philippines' efforts to modernize its military to "deal with China's aggression in the South China Sea."
The CTM-ASBM missile that Hanwha hopes to export to the Philippines is a short-range ballistic missile launched by a multiple rocket launcher system. Each K239 "Cheonmu" rocket artillery system can carry 8 anti-ship missiles, with a range of 160 kilometers. However, this anti-ship missile has not been developed yet, and the earliest completion of R&D will be in 2028.
This seems a bit like "a toad crawling on a foot, not biting but irritating." Not to mention that the missile hasn't even been made yet, but even if the ship approaches within 160 kilometers of the Philippines, would the Philippines dare to use it?
Moreover, the Philippines and Hanwha Group had discussed the purchase of this system as early as 2023, which is not a new topic. But after Hanwha's U.S. branch was sanctioned, the company suddenly brought up this issue, intending to threaten China? To challenge China?
Are these South Korean conglomerates so used to being masters that they think the whole world should revolve around them? However, their methods are too primitive. For China, it's just "laughable." But we shouldn't indulge such enterprises that clearly have malicious intent. In the face of clear provocation, we can take various countermeasures in the future, such as continuing to squeeze their survival space in the shipbuilding market, further compressing their scale and profits through increased sanctions, etc. China only needs to make a small move, and the Hanwha conglomerate bosses will understand that they are "turning their back" to whom.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846197274898436/
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