Financial and Operational Challenges One of the main concerns about the submarine purchase is the financial burden it would place on the Philippines’ defense budget. Diesel-electric submarines ...

The Pentagon has revealed the existence of a forward-deployed task force in the Philippines focused on supporting Manila’s ...

The Philippines is well on its way to becoming a major connectivity hub in Asia. The archipelago has a strategic geographical ...

The U.S. military continues to upgrade its naval forces to maintain its dominance at sea in the western Pacific Ocean, ...

Earlier this month, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr approved the third phase of the military's modernisation, which ...

Last week, Philippine defense officials offered a few additional specifics of where the Southeast Asian was with respect to the acquisition of a submarine capability. While much of this was with ...

Amid rising tensions with China, the Philippines is planning to buy its first submarine. The Philippine government says this reflects a shift from internal counterinsurgency against rebels to ...

in the Philippines' Sibuyan Sea. The Harder, which sailed under the motto of "Hit 'em harder', was found by the Lost 52 project, which aims to find the 52 US submarines lost during World War Two.

A closer look at the status of a key item of the Southeast Asian state’s defense modernization.