The first simultaneous deployment of two Chinese carrier groups beyond the strategically vital First Island Chain took place ...

Luzon Strait Now Under Watch. The U.S. is deploying NMESIS anti-ship missiles to the Batanes Islands during Balikatan 2025, marking the first time such systems will be placed near the Luzon Strait.

That was the first time the Marines deployed the anti-ship missile to the Luzon Strait. “The insertion of the NMESIS on Batan during Exercise Balikatan 25’s MKTSO was an achievement of a major ...

At 150 miles north of the nearest major harbor on the island of Luzon and with only one small runway with limited capacity, transportation to and from the island is not always quick or consistent.

As regional geopolitical attention shifts to Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait, it is easy to overlook the Luzon Strait. Yet it is perhaps the most impor.

ABSTRACTTidal currents in Luzon Strait south of Taiwan generate some of the largest internal waves anywhere in the ocean. Recent collaborative efforts between oceanographers from the United States and ...

American, Philippine, Australian, and French forces began Balikatan 2024 on Monday in a ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila. Translating to “shoulder-to-shoulder” in Tagalog, the Balikatan ...

ABSTRACTBarotropic tides generate energetic internal tides, smaller-scale waves, and turbulence as they flow through Luzon Strait, between Taiwan and the Philippines. Three-dimensional numerical ...