Articles for tag: Asserting, Bolster, China, contested, Defenses, Defies, deployments, Escalating, missile, Philippines, Tensions, Waters

Amid escalating tensions, the Philippines defies China, asserting its right to bolster defenses with US missile deployments in contested waters.

The Philippines and the United States have decided to keep a mid-range missile system, the Typhon, in the northern Philippines indefinitely to enhance regional deterrence against China. This decision follows China’s concerns about the missile deployment, which Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro dismissed as interference in the country’s affairs. Teodoro emphasized that China, who has ...