Philippines and US Launch Joint Military Drills with Advanced Military System

After Typhon, US NMESIS missiles in PH for drills

MANILA, Philippines — The United States antiship missile system NMESIS has arrived in the Philippines for use in the next “Balikatan” exercises between Filipino and American troops, with the drills again being held mainly at the country’s northern tip near Taiwan. The deployment of the NMESIS—or Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System—was first announced by US […]...Keep on reading: After Typhon, US NMESIS missiles in PH for drills

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By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter THE US has deployed an anti-ship missile system to the Philippines ahead of their annual Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) joint military exercises, a Philippine military official said on Tuesday. “The NMESIS (Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System… is already in the country,” Brigadier General Michael G. Logico, assistant exercise director for this year’s Balikatan exercises, told a news bri…

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