"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
The #Philippines signed an P18.9-billion deal with #BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd.—an Indian-Russian joint venture—in January 2022 for three batteries of the cruise missiles as part the #PhilippineNavy’s shore-based #AntishipMissile system project. #WestPHSea
Previously the Chinese vessels left from #LongxueIsland in #Guangzhou before moving through Benham Rise, which is inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. #EastPHSea#China
The #PhilippineNavy on Wednesday said it commissioned two additional Israeli-made gunboats designed to mount missiles.
The #AceroClassGunboats have a maximum speed of 43 knots with a range of 1,600 nautical miles (at a cruising speed of 15 knots). Their endurance make the fast attack interdiction craft (#FAIC) ideal for extended patrols within the #Philippines’ EEZ. #WestPHSea
Just great, first the super typhoon and now this 😔 And that is NOT a "slight increase".
"#Phivolcs also observed a slight increase in #SulfurDioxide emissions in the past two weeks. From an average of less than 3,000 tons per day between April 1 and May 21, the average rose to 5,360 tons per day between May 22 and June 1." #Philippines#Volcanoes
"#BRPAndresBonifacio’s commanding officer Commander Paul Hechanova said the seacraft can produce 32,000 liters of clean drinking water in 24 hours from saltwater through desalination."
The desalination machine uses a #ReverseOsmosis process, wherein salt and impurities are removed from seawater to produce drinking water." #MayonVolcano#Philippines
#PhilippineNavy ship to provide drinking water to #Mayon evacuees through desalination.