The NMESIS system will be used during the upcoming Balikatan military exercises and then remain for further bilateral drills ...

The Marine Corps is leaving anti-ship missile batteries in the Philippines after the upcoming Balikatan drills in preparation ...

The Philippines took possession of the first of two corvette-class warships with "advanced weapons and radar systems" on ...

(MENAFN) On Monday, two vessels from the Philippine Coast Guard were allegedly encircled by Chinese ships in a tense confrontation in the South China Sea, heightening the ongoing tensions between ...

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance ABOARD ...

U.S. Will deploy navy/marine expeditionary ship interdiction system ‘NMESIS’ to Philippines. The deployment of the cutting-edge ‘Nmesis’ will be done as part of Balikatan drills 2025.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- A Philippine Coast Guard vessel that repeatedly harassed a China Coast Guard ship patrolling waters near Huangyan Island has been driven away from the area. The Philippine ship ...