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“We test-fired NMESIS missiles, operated amphibious vehicles and HIMARS, and trained with unmanned systems, and conducted ...
The United States Pacific Fleet on Thursday clarified that there was no Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System ...
The United States’ NMESIS missile system was used in battle drills during the recent Balikatan 2025 exercises, but no ...
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will push for “greater” security and economic cooperation with the United States during his ...
In the jungles, plains and mountains of Luzon, the U.S. Army is experimenting with 3D-printed drones, missile launchers and ...
The Philippines' balance of payments posted a $5.59-billion deficit in the first half of 2025, reversing from last year’s ...
An activist holds up a sign and shouts slogans during a protest against the Balikatan joint military exercises between the Philippines and the US, outside the US Embassy in Manila on May 6, 2024.
The NMESIS was deployed during the annual war games between Manila and Washington, but no missiles were fired during that ...
Donald Trump prefers to treat the waters as a bargaining chip, so the United States may reduce high-profile provocations — such as close-in reconnaissance — and instead increase its “gray” tactics and ...
MANILA >> Amid increasing hostilities in the South China Sea — a busy waterway through which more than a third of all trade ...
At first glance, the issue of the Philippines’ victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a legal win for Filipinos alone. It was in 2016 when the arbitral court affirmed our maritime ...
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Renewing old ties?
BBM is visiting Washington DC from Sunday to Tuesday next week. The visit comes shortly after Trump announced an increase in the tariff for Philippine products entering the US, from 17 to 20 percent.