Four-nation maritime cooperative activity concluded in Philippines’ EEZ waters

Naval vessels from the Philippines, the US, Australia, and Japan participate in a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the Philippines' EEZ waters in the South China Sea, April 7, 2024.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the US Indo-Pacific Command, the Australian Defence Force, and the Japan Self-Defence Forces successfully conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) in the waters west of the Philippines on Sunday, April 7, the AFP said in a statement....

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COLUMN | Chinese paramilitary forces to the fore as Beijing ramps up territorial claims [Naval Gazing]

Although collisions, confrontations, and harassment in the South China Sea (SCS) often make the headlines these days, the reach and depth of China’s strategy of intrusive patrolling as Beijing seeks to establish a persistent and dominant presence in the sea are not widely understood. The People’s...

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COLUMN | The Philippine Navy: no longer a scrapyard fleet [Naval Gazing]

For many years the Philippine Navy (PN) could provide only threadbare security for the nation’s 5,700 million square kilometres sea area and 7,600 islands. Its order of ..

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