Ok as we all know the Spratlys are a hot piece of property in the South China sea, with a lot of natural resource potential.
Contested by all in the neighbourhood, they are a flash point.
Scenario:
In my hypothesis[say near about 2020), a huge oil reserve has been found in the Spratlys.
China, Taiwan,Vietnam and Malaysia begin a war of words over the islands' ownership.Things get nasty pretty soon as China moves it's CBG into the area in order to ward off any action by the other three.This is followed by deployment of Chinese and Vietnamese(however unlikely, they enter into an alliance) troops to the Spratlys.Malaysia (during all this) decides to launch recce flights in order to survey the Chinese and Vietnamese troop movements/concenteration in the spratlys.The recon flight's escort is intercepted and shot down by a PLAAN SU-33.The recce platform survives and comes back with pics showng the Red Forces digging them selves in.
All you guys have to do is to visualise how things go from this point onwards.
P.S:Speculators are free to involve any ally they see fit.Also the firm which struck oil was an Aussie firm.(Hint I'd like to see how the FPA countries would react in such a situation, read many on Uncle Sam's response)
Contested by all in the neighbourhood, they are a flash point.
Scenario:
In my hypothesis[say near about 2020), a huge oil reserve has been found in the Spratlys.
China, Taiwan,Vietnam and Malaysia begin a war of words over the islands' ownership.Things get nasty pretty soon as China moves it's CBG into the area in order to ward off any action by the other three.This is followed by deployment of Chinese and Vietnamese(however unlikely, they enter into an alliance) troops to the Spratlys.Malaysia (during all this) decides to launch recce flights in order to survey the Chinese and Vietnamese troop movements/concenteration in the spratlys.The recon flight's escort is intercepted and shot down by a PLAAN SU-33.The recce platform survives and comes back with pics showng the Red Forces digging them selves in.
All you guys have to do is to visualise how things go from this point onwards.
P.S:Speculators are free to involve any ally they see fit.Also the firm which struck oil was an Aussie firm.(Hint I'd like to see how the FPA countries would react in such a situation, read many on Uncle Sam's response)