SUBIC BAY, Philippines — A unit of Hawaii Marines is in the Philippines fielding new weapons for the first time amid simmering tensions with China. The Kaneohe-based 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, ...

Japan’s possible sale of Type 03 missiles to Manila comes as Tokyo moves to loosen arms-export rules, raising fresh concerns ...

The US has temporarily deployed an undisclosed number of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper ...

Japan has held informal talks with the Philippines on the possible export of a surface-to-air missile system as the government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi moves to further relax the country's ...

The Philippine Navy commissioned its newest advanced frigate, BRP Diego Silang (FFG-07), on December 2nd, 2025.

The Philippines has accused China’s Coast Guard of launching a “brutal assault” with bladed weapons during a South China Sea clash earlier this week, a major escalation in a festering dispute that ...

American and Philippine officials inked an intelligence-sharing agreement and broke ground on a new command center in Manila today as the two countries tighten defense and security relationship amid ...

MANILA >> Philippine troops stationed on a warship grounded on a disputed South China Sea shoal held on to their weapons after Chinese coast guard boats came very close to the ship but they did not ...

Members of the Hawaii-based 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment boarded a plane Saturday at Lalo Airport in the Philippines bound for the Batanes Islands in the Luzon Strait during Exercise Balikatan.