Systems currently in the Philippines could menace China's navy and threaten its southeast coast in a hypothetical conflict ...

The United States is deploying units of its NMESIS (Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System) to the island province of Batanes as part of the ...

and in northern Cagayan province near Batanes. Philippine Brig. Gen. Michael Logico said the combat exercises were crucial to strengthening deterrence against aggression in the Bashi Channel.