Philippines’ 2 new warships: a drop in the ocean amid South China Sea tensions?

Philippines’ 2 new warships: a drop in the ocean amid South China Sea tensions?

The new Miguel Malvar-class ships can help Manila project strength if they are used as ‘part of a broader strategy’, experts say.

South China Sea: Philippines flexes naval muscle with 2 new warships

On a windswept pier in Subic Bay, once the site of the United States’ largest overseas naval installation, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr stood before a newly minted guided-missile frigate and declared that his country would “not surrender anything” in defence of its maritime sovereignty. The commissioning of two naval vessels – including the 3,200-tonne […] The post South China Sea: Philippines flexes naval muscle with 2 new warships…