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Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Beijing sharpens tone over US missile launcher in the Philippines

Beijing sharpens tone over US missile launcher in the Philippines

"...China rebuked anew the presence of a U.S. Typhon missile system in the Philippines, the latest in a series of verbal rows between Manila and Beijing over the deployment of the medium-range weapon in the Philippines. ..."

Reference: www.defensenews.com .

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Russia says it will respond if US places missiles in Japan

Russia says it will respond if US places missiles in Japan

"...Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday that Japan and the U.S. aim to compile a joint military plan for a possible Taiwan emergency that includes deploying missiles. It cited unnamed U.S. and Japanese sources as saying that under the plan, the U.S. would deploy missile units to the Nansei Islands of Japan's southwestern Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, and to the Philippines. ..."

Reference: www.reuters.com .

Friday, September 20, 2024

Philippines eyes future missile launchers purchase, to retain US Typhon system

Philippines eyes future missile launchers purchase, to retain US Typhon system

"...MANILA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Philippines hopes to procure mid-range capability missiles in future and wants to utilise a U.S.-deployed Typhon system for its military training, with no immediate plan for it to be returned, a top security official said on Friday. ..."

Reference: www.reuters.com .

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Philippines says US mid-range missile system to be pulled out

Philippines says US mid-range missile system to be pulled out

"...A US mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines for annual joint military exercises -- to the annoyance of China -- will be pulled out of the country, a Philippine Army spokesman said Thursday. The US Army said in April it had deployed the Mid-Range Capability missile system which can fire the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) and the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in the northern Philippines. ...The presence of the mid-range missile system on Philippine soil had angered Beijing."

Reference: www.yahoo.com .