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Marcos Jnr’s sister says China planning to target Philippine sites, is Imee Marcos ‘warmongering’?
- Philippine Senator Imee Marcos claimed, without proof, China was planning to target several sites across her country with hypersonic missile strikes
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Philippine Senator Imee Marcos has made explosive claims about plans by China to target sites across her country with hypersonic missile strikes. However, observers say her comments are politically motivated and Beijing would be unlikely to risk such an attack even if it has the capabilities.
The senator, who is also the sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, made the allegations in a video posted to TikTok and Facebook.
“I’m really scared because while tensions are brewing in the West Philippine Sea, I saw [reports] about China’s plans to use hypersonic missiles,” she said in the clip, which was posted late on Tuesday.
She went on to say that 25 areas in the Philippines were targeted in the plans she saw, including the island of Batanes and Subic in Zambales, where the country’s new Brahmos missiles systems had been deployed, and the Ilocos region, the venue of annual Balikatan joint military drills between American and Filipino soldiers.
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“It’s really scary. That’s no joke,” she added.
Senator Marcos also expressed concern that the United States could not prevent such attacks.
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“Other countries have this thing called the Iron Dome, which prevents missiles from entering. But when it comes to hypersonic missiles, it could enter easily. Everything will be crushed,” she said.
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