US Converts Oil Rigs Into 'Floating Fortresses' Amid China Threat in the Pacific | Gravitas | WION
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2024
- #Gravitas | The US Navy is plannong on transforming its oil rigs into mobile missile defense and resupply bases amid escalating missile threats in the Pacific, especially from China. The ambitious project is part of a broader effort to enhance US military capabilities in the region.
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Good work for US& Phil for building fortress!
TECHNICALLY THAT FLOATING FORTRESSES IS INSIDE THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY
At least those were not permanent and it could deter illegal Chinese fisherman militia.
No need to shout buddy. They're trying to protect you.
doesnt matter, China did worse, they made artificial islands on someone elses territory, at least US had permission or right to do it
@@bappandi007As a filipino i agree with you and dont mind him buddy (PUTI KAG ITLOG 😂)
😅😅Lmao. Check UNCLOS for the definition of territory. EEZ or claimed EEZ is not regarded as territory. Meanwhile，those waters are under disputation.
Good for the People Philippines and the world.
Ukrainian were perfect example, 😆
how can you say good for the filipino ? getting dragged into a war that will destroy the philippines
do you really believe that the USA will die for the philippines? think again
the Philippines should be well armed
but Neutral
@@merrick6484 With Russia is becoming irrelevant, soon it will be Chinas turn. This is indeed the perfect example.
Good way to counter chinese artificial island.
Exactly !
And a lot cheaper.
Eto dapat sa atin para nakuha natin ang kayamsnsn ng pilipino
Those are Philippine owned oil rigs. Most likely, the Americans would probably help with the conversion of those rigs to become a proper military outpost. Besides, America is not allowed by our law to construct any naval base inside our territory without our consent. Have you forgotten? China constructed a huge military base inside our EEZ. China should be the one castigated not the Americans. All our actions are in response to China.
Like it or not the Philippines sits right smack in the middle of the SCS. China wants control of all this area. The bulling will not stop until The Chinese have what they want. They consider Taiwan to be worth 200 million chinese lives. And these people want to control the world? Pathetic. The world better wake up in a hurry. Especially India and the US.
Yes ,not to bully philippines by any foreign nation
I'm surprised China is not claiming the moon as theirs. But I'm sure they're thinking about it.
They already claiming mars
Maybe soon they'll also claim the sun and the stars as theirs. LMAO!
@@misha791 Also Pluto, even if it's soooo far away!
For your information, they are on the way to the moon as we speak.
Very intelligent decision ... Yes, cost effective decision ..
Its a sitting duck, merely a practice target for Chinese missils.
If a war took place, even US carriers will stay 2000km away from Chinese shore.
Pinays better hope these oil rig can run like a speed boat, or else. 😆
Great move!
Very true is just a movie 😅
An useless move.
Do you see N.Korea gives a fork about S.Korea, Japan and US combine?
Was Philipine military as strong as S.Korea and Japan combine?
China is at least 10 time military capacity than N. Korea, and you expect China to be scare of oil rig and missile bases in Philipine?
These three countries Russia, China and US, will always win if the war broke out at their door step.
All these useless moves were for political shows only, and has no military value.
looks like that scenario from modern warfare where the enemy took over an oil rig
China has a lot of Military equipment and a lot of Soldiers and Zero Wartime experience LOL!!
Wahahaaha u nailed it. They act tough because they have all the equipments but doenst have a warrior hearts. Glass hearts😂
@@pinkmorning8056 Warrior heart？ Lmao morden war is more relying on industry not on human.
@@RichMidasPapa Their industry is big but their products is substandard 😂
Experience? With whom? Small fighter like Afgha, Somali, Hamas?
You don't reveal secret weapons if you wanna win a war.
Unfortunately, the Philippine government kicked the United States forces out when the Marcos regime ended. Since support from the Philippine government can quickly change, I like this idea. Oil rigs can be moved.
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Thank you U.S. for lending a helping hands to us filipinos🙏❤️
God Bless You more and more 🙏❤️
This kind of floating base as also Suggested by some former Philippine Retired officers but the PH Government is short sighter or more on Talks than action and the government lack of budget.
No real point in being anything but early warning stations.. just sitting targets.
very good move
This is why Philippine is stratigic location it has oil rig in sea
Philippines is a cannon fodder not a strategic location. Get it right. LOL
@@KittyKittyCat-vf8zd i love how you cry for philippines favor🤣
Also commonly known as targets.
We need that. for a nice tourist spots
CHINA LAYAS!!!!!
on 1 hand they are floating targets 😂😂
They probably got the idea from the beached BRP Sierra Madre
Its idea came from a movie
@@roddizon2242 that movie was based on an actual militarized island by the US, long before the beached Sierra Madre and before WW2.
That's good because it can be relicated anywehere in the west Phil. sea or near Ayungin shoal and Bajo de Masinloc.
goodnews for the Philippines a floating fortress by USA they'd made island concrete fortress before in the Philippines in WWII
Good way to secure our resources. Hopefully the US will we have cyber defense capability on these sea bases.
im sure they will
Artificial island US version
Wouldnt this be a sitting duck for torpedoes?
I'm sure that they'll have a robust defense systems.
As seen from the Ukraine war, they can take a fair amount of damage.
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You forgot the last line: "I am an idiot".
@@ThomasTomiczek oh..yes you are 😂😂😂😂
warship rig❤
So, what is to stop a Chinese submarine from launching torpedoes as well as ship launched hypersonic missiles against these platforms? Not on China's side here, just making an observation!
Well what stops that is the threat of war with the US and it's allies, so let China try and see what happens.
same can be said about the Chinese ones in the shoals..
China doesn't have the gumption to be honest
that is if they can get near them first, missiles can be counter by their air defense but the problem is probably those submarines
america ships can detect subs and launch torpedos at subs
Very good MOVE AMERICA AND PHILIPPINES.
Just like the movie INTERCEPTOR
This is really good as a deterrent defensive system 🙂
Using existing oil rigs will be very cost effective, I’m also looking forward to when we build more mobile floating defensive platforms (that will have ship hulls instead of pylons, with the same general footprint of an oil rig.
These systems won’t move fast but they can move on the water, saving valuable coastline real estate and allowing for better customizable defensive coverage that can be a bit further off the coast and allow better intercept of missiles, drone swarms, and hostile ships / aircraft.
They’re especially suited to the Philippines and Taiwan (especially Taiwan having limited island area)
Even Taiwanese military will laugh at these useless oil rigs in Philipine. 😆
Taiwanese knows, if the war broke out across Taiwan strait, within 12 hours all airports and missile bases will be wipe out on Taiwan island.
These fixed missile bases are useless against China.
" THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE G.I. JOE OF AMERICA IN PROTECTING THE PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGN TERRITORIES IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA "
they got this idea from red alert 3 the empire floating fortress.
No Red Alert 3 got the idea from the military.
Given how stupid the upper echolons of the US government seem to be - it is QUITE likely that is the origin. It may even be because it is part of some strategic training course for admirals or some other crap the US pulls.
Bright idea!
The bigger surprise is why this wasn't done decades ago, especially for amphibious operations.
Nice
Philippines power👏
Those oil rigs will mitigate a huge problem for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific - how to rearm ships' vertical launch systems without returning to far away ports. This has the potential to more than quadruple the firepower of the U.S. Navy without building more ships. At the same time, the Navy is also developing a technique for reloading vertical launch systems at sea and while ships are underway.
Nope. Special Collier ships would - which you can move to harbors somewhere. These fortresses being unmoveable are one thing: targets. Using them to rearm VLRM is a dumbass idea - they will be taken out right at the start of the conflict. Big, stationary, so target. Welcome to any sub torpedo or hypersonic missile.
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More floating fortress to build
Smart, remember pearl harbor, 😮
How much? And how to avail?
This is most american thing ive seen so far in this war. Turn a oil rig into a base lol. Thats good old fashion thinking there. Use whats already there.
Stationary floating targets are easier to target and hit, despite defenses, than moving floating targets.
Nah this is wild 😂😂
This madness
@@SmilingCoastline-vb9ez the opposite.🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Most importantly this oil rig will be used for its main purpose: to extract petroleum and natural gas. Win win for the Philippines and US.
is it possible for them to drill and pump oil and still be a re arming and refueling military base? My first guess is no.
@@damongraham1398 I don't think it would be impossible to attach floating structures around the main rig or place two or more rigs close to each other to form a large floating base.
watching from the philippines
They will be sitting ducks
Makes no difference whether the target is moving or stationary. Modern weaponry could hit any target.
Install it at Spratly Islands
We welcone this ideas Philippines will be please to counter Chinas aggression in WPS
This is the back story to the movie Last Sentinel.
Philippines do Not have Cash. But they are Rich in Human and Oil Resources!
International financial investors will be competeing with each other to get in on the Philippines oil boom, and all subsequent developement.
It Is Now Philippines 'Turn' To 'Enjoy The Ride Up, Way Up, Into 1st World Class Status', (similar to what China enjoyed 1995-2018).
GO PHILIPPINES!
love this idea!
Looks like a highly combustible static target. Unlike an island, it will sink too.
Based on two minutes of consideration, it doesn't seem like a good idea.
ummm, oil rigs are highly static, what does she mean "mobile"? Sounds like a terrible idea, oild rigs are like shooting ducks in a barrel. Re:they cannot MOVE.
LOL you're confusing oil rigs with oil platforms. Oil platforms are fixed to the ocean floor, OIL RIGs are floating structures that use engines to keep themselves stationary.
The Ph must let some oil rigs to be installed at spratleys and scarborough...as complement to mrf planes the rigs must be a fixed anchored resistance at sea..😂
Ill believe when i see.....
Very Good report !
Smart.
Good idea America I need this for Philippines territory I spratly Island
That could be a good idea as the Navy likes to have ships as warehouses for logistics hubs now anyways. Plus sonar and radar stations most likely. Can generators be powered by crude oil?
> "Can generators be powered by crude oil?"
Crudes vary in viscosity, pH, and % of nat gas, and water (usually salty), and also the proportions of various components. Soo, some generators can be fired by crude. Most offshore drilling rigs have tanks of diesel to fuel the generators onboard.
China has millions of ‘fishing ships armed with missals
There was a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie that revolved around something similar that came out recently. I think it was called "The Last Sentinel" or something like that.
Well, you can re-write the PI history and publish it. That's the only way to address your issue
Smart u.s.❤❤❤
Thank you us the armed forces of god
Oil platforms would be sitting duck's. Offensive and defensive capabilities would help, but not for long.
Just imagine a cruiser or destroyer being able to float underneath one of these "Missile Resupply rigs and have their entire MK41 Vertical Launch Tubes replaced as one unit or perhaps in modules holding 12-24 missiles each. Might speed up rearming our ships a lot faster than having to rearm at a friendly base. If there were two rigs available, one can fire and defend while the other can resupply.
Need the big oil rig in the phi
When it belongs to EEZ of the 🇵🇭,why not!!
Very good
If you have a big secret like that, don’t tell anybody 😂😂😂
There are technologies like satalite, drones and spy planes.
US knows every military bases China has, and vice versa, China knows every military bases US has. 😆
These oil rigs are just practice targets, useless in real war.
Nice moves
US it is good idea for oil and gas floating fortress, try it for Ph in wps.
us is also building one in gaza
Anyone notice that this innovation is extremely coincidental to Elon's landing flatforms and his interview with the officer concerning extremely rapid transportation of troops and materials to distant points on earth?
What?
Good moves US 👏
That was a perfect udeas for rhe benefits of our PCG and serve as shelters only for our fishermens in rime of distress... Nice one and a perfect ideas!!..
Never knew that PRC is a crybaby.
Hahahhahahahaha
It's called karma.
A metal island
In war, ang kawawa ay ung mga nakaligtas. Ke civilian o militar pare parehong mga malungkot sapagkat yan ang epekto ng war. No one can win in any war, everyone is loser.
Looking tantalizing though.
Win win! Stop hostile forces, and stop drilling
Seem like they'd be sitting ducks.
Sitting duck
for who ?? u do know submarines follow these ships
The same sitting ducks chyna is trying to build.
😂 The exact same thought i had.
We don't need the MF to fight THE whole war. But do sum damage and absorb Chinese munitions. Ion know who the Fuuk they thought they were playin wit... they would wana play lotto 🙄@omarionbayley9721
These base can be hujack
It's A Very Good Idea !
I could almost laugh. Seriously.
The new military tech today also those freakin Drones with bombs. US should also make counter measures against those drones
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interesting novel concept.
no good. a good defense requires mobility. what will a converted stationary oil rig will do? stationary target is weak and not advisable. whoever is suggesting this strategy is not qualified.
Thank you, U.S.; THANK YOU INDIA ; THANK YOU JAPAN ; THANK YOU FRANCE ; CANADA; AUSTRALIA;QATAR; SAUDI; U.K.; GERMANY & ETC.FOR ALL YOUR HELP TO THE PHILIPPINES.GOD BLESS US ALL.KARMA WILL GET CHINA.
So what was the FOREIGNERS doing in that part of the world again?😅😅
They are taking ideas from Just Cause
Vulnerable to submarines
everything is vulnerable to submarines. If the submarine is undetected. They will probably install sono buoys around the rig.