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...
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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The Philippine Navy commissioned its first purpose-built guided missile frigate in a ceremony in Subic Bay on Friday, July 10. BRP Jose Rizal is the lead ship of a class ..
BRP Jose Rizal, the Philippine Navy’s first missile-capable frigate, departed the Ulsan facilities of South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on ..