Manila, March 18 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) will fire three major missile systems in its inventory when its naval units join live-fire exercises for this year's iteration of the "Balikatan" exercises with American forces in late April.
This was announced by PN flag officer-in-command Vice Admiral Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta in a press briefing at the Navy headquarters in Manila on Tuesday.
"We will launch the C-Star surface-to-surface (missile), the Spike (Non-Line of Sight) NLOS (missile), and the Mistral surface-to-air missiles from our Navy assets. Our involvement in the combined exercise is instrumental in strengthening interoperability, enhancing our collective response to regional security challenges, and ensuring that we remain ...