Category: Navy

The Philippine Navy will arm its AugustaWestland AW159 naval helicopters with the Israeli Spike NOL missile.

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A officer from the Philippine Navy disclosed that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo will make a stop in the country this June.

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The first two of five TC-90s that the Philippines leased from Japan arrived at Naval Base Haracleo Alano, Sangley Point, Cavite City on Mar. 27.

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At the opening ceremony of the Philippines 16th National Convention of Lawyers last week, President Rodrigo Duterte said the Washington had failed to take decisive action against China in the South China Sea and he asked why U.S. did not send five aircraft carriers to the area and “cut the problem in the bud.”

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