The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has announced that Chinese military frigates and coast guard vessels have conducted ...

PHILIPPINE-US forces canceled a live-fire drill on Monday after a decommissioned Philippine Navy vessel sank in waters near Zambales province facing the South China Sea hours before it could be ...

Maritime Key Terrain Security Operations training increases Manila's ability to secure and defend territories, the Philippine military said.

USMC F/A-18C/D Hornets from VMFA-323 will participate in a SINKEX alongside allied forces from the Philippines, Japan and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has arrived in the Philippines to further boost an alliance in the face of China's ...

The Philippines bases its claims on proximity ... islands - including Scarborough Shoal - and deploying coast guard ships and naval vessels to patrol the contested waters. As a result, Chinese ...

More than 14,000 troops from the Philippines ... to fire the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), a long-range precision strike weapon designed to hit heavily defended surface ships and land targets.

The Philippines dispatched the BRP Teresa Magbanua, one of its largest coast guard ships, to intercept the ... will set themselves on fire." Chinese naval forces appear to have been observing ...

Both the Philippines and China ... China has militarized Mischief Reef with missile systems, fighter jets, naval ships, and more. In recent months, multiple Chinese vessels in the South China ...

Beijing claims virtually the entire waterway, where it has bolstered its coast guard and naval presence ... supplied a dozen patrol ships in recent years to the Philippines, which is using them ...

deepens naval integration, and strengthens deterrence by extending the Joint Force’s ability to target and engage from both land and sea,” reads the release. “In the Philippines, the NMESIS ...