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Russia Today
04-08-2025
- Business
- Russia Today
Philippines eyes additional defense purchases from India
The Philippines will seek to purchase military equipment from India when President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, visits New Delhi this week, the head of Manila's military has said. The island nation became the first outside India to buy the BrahMos missile system, when it signed a $375 million deal with the Indo-Russian joint venture in 2022 for three BrahMos batteries. A battery typically includes multiple launchers, command posts, and associated equipment, that are designed for land, sea, or air-based deployment. 'We are in fact ordering more equipment and weapon systems from India,' Army Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. told the Philippines News Agency (PNA) in an interview on Friday. He did not specify what the island nation would be procuring due to security reasons, the news agency said. Brawner added that Indian weapons are affordable and of high quality. 'That's why it's good for us to partner with India,' he said. The first BrahMos batteries were delivered from India to the Philippines in April 2024, according to PNA. Philippines President Marcos has arrived in New Delhi for a five-day visit. During his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he will discuss cooperation in areas such as trade, defense, maritime affairs, agriculture, healthcare, and technology. The countries collaborate at the regional level through initiatives like India's partnership with ASEAN, India's foreign ministry said in a statement. Just before Marcos departed for his India visit, three ships from the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet — the guided-missile destroyer INS Mysore, the anti-submarine corvette INS Kiltan, and the naval tanker INS Shakti — arrived in Manila for a port visit. This was a part of their ongoing operational deployment to South East Asia. The visit includes a maritime exercise between the two navies to improve preparedness and strengthen cooperation, at a time when the Philippines has a maritime dispute with China in what Manila calls the West Philippine Sea and Beijing calls the South China Sea.
Arab News
27-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Philippine troops kill 7 communist rebels in latest flare up of decades-long insurgency
MANILA: Philippine troops killed seven communist guerrillas in an offensive Sunday in a central province and were pursuing several others in the latest flare-up of the decades-long insurgency that the military says is on the brink of collapse. Army forces killed two New People's Army guerrillas in a clash last week in Masbate province and then caught up with the fleeing insurgents early Sunday in the hinterlands of Uson town, where they killed seven of them in a 30-minute gunbattle, Maj. Frank Roldan of the army's 9th Infantry Division said. Seven assault rifles and two grenade launchers were recovered by troops at the scene of the battle. At least eight rebels managed to flee in different directions and were being pursued, Roldan said. 'We're in the final push,' Roldan told The Associated Press by telephone, saying about 50 armed guerrillas remain in the island province, a poverty-stricken agricultural region of more than 900,000 people. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said last week that less than 900 rebels remain, mostly in eastern rural regions, from the estimated 25,000 insurgent force at the peak of the 56-year insurgency, one of Asia's longest-running rebellions. Saddled by battle defeats, surrenders and factionalism, the guerrilla forces 'are on the brink of collapse,' said Brig. Gen. Medel Aguilar, deputy commander of the military's Civil Relations Service. Peace talks brokered by Norway collapsed under previous President Rodrigo Duterte after both sides accused the other of continuing deadly attacks despite the negotiations.
Al Arabiya
27-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Philippine troops kill 7 communist rebels in latest flare-up of decades-long insurgency
Philippine troops killed seven communist guerrillas in an offensive Sunday in a central province and were pursuing several others in the latest flare-up of the decades-long insurgency that the military says is on the brink of collapse. Army forces killed two New People's Army guerrillas in a clash last week in Masbate province and then caught up with the fleeing insurgents early Sunday in the hinterlands of Uson town where they killed seven of them in a 30-minute gunbattle, Maj. Frank Roldan of the army's 9th Infantry Division said. Seven assault rifles and two grenade launchers were recovered by troops at the scene of the battle. At least eight rebels managed to flee in different directions and were being pursued, Roldan said. 'We're in the final push,' Roldan told The Associated Press by telephone, saying about 50 armed guerrillas remain in the island province, a poverty-stricken agricultural region of more than 900,000 people. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said last week that less than 900 rebels remain, mostly in eastern rural regions, from the estimated 25,000 insurgent force at the peak of the 56-year insurgency, one of Asia's longest-running rebellions. Saddled by battle defeats, surrenders, and factionalism, the guerrilla forces are on the brink of collapse, said Brig. Gen. Medel Aguilar, deputy commander of the military's Civil Relations Service. Peace talks brokered by Norway collapsed under previous President Rodrigo Duterte after both sides accused the other of continuing deadly attacks despite the negotiations.
