Manila, May 27 -- The US-made Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) anti-ship missile platform will be deployed in this year's iteration of the "Kamandag" exercises between Filipino and US Marine Corps units, the Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday.

"Deployment of the NMESIS, which is part of 'Kamandag.' It is focused or its objective is for us to be able to conduct joint operations or combined operations with other Marine Corps or other nations," PN spokesperson Capt. John Percie Alcos said in a media briefing.

"Kamandag," which stands for "Kaagapay ng Mga Mandirigma Mula sa Dagat," began on May 26 and will run until June 6.

He said the use of the NMESIS in "Kamandag" is not aimed at any "specific threats" or "spec...