The Philippine Navy's Long Struggle to Modernize

May 31, 2016 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: PhilippinesTechnologyRodrigo DuterteSouth China SeaDefense

The Philippine Navy's Long Struggle to Modernize

Can Duterte keep Manila afloat?

by Koh Swee Lean Collin
 

Image: BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS 36) steams in formation for a photography exercise as a part of exercise Balikatan 2010.​ Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy