{"id":2227359,"date":"2024-04-22T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-sends-supersonic-missiles-to-philippines-that-can-hit-chinas-ships\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T15:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:50:50","slug":"india-sends-supersonic-missiles-to-philippines-that-can-hit-chinas-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-sends-supersonic-missiles-to-philippines-that-can-hit-chinas-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"India delivers high-speed missiles to Philippines with the capability to target Chinese vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findia-sends-supersonic-missiles-to-philippines-that-can-hit-chinas-ships%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Philippine forces have obtained advanced supersonic\u200b cruise\u200c missiles from \u2063India, empowering Manila to\u200d target China&#8217;s forces in the\u200c contested South\u200d China Sea. This acquisition, signaling\u200d a \u2062strategic shift, demonstrates the escalating tensions in the region\u2063 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweden-set-to-officially-join-nato\/\" title=\"Sweden to officially join NATO\">evolving security dynamics<\/a>. The move also exemplifies\u200b India&#8217;s emergence as a crucial security partner in the Indo-Pacific theater.\u200c Philippine forces have acquired sophisticated supersonic cruise missiles \u200bfrom India, enabling Manila to target China&#8217;s\u200b forces in the disputed South China Sea. This development\u2062 indicates a strategic \u200bshift, reflecting rising tensions in the \u2063region and evolving security dynamics. It showcases India&#8217;s \u2064growing role as\u2062 a key security \u200dally in the Indo-Pacific region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Philippine<\/a> forces have acquired supersonic cruise missiles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/India\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>India<\/a>, enhancing Manila\u2019s ability to target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a>\u2018s forces in disputed areas of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/South-China-Sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>South China Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts maximum extent in terms of range exceeds the West Philippine Sea,\u201d Philippine National Security Council assistant director general Jonathan Malaya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/topstories\/nation\/904258\/india-confirms-delivery-of-brahmos-missiles-to-ph\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> local reporters, using Manila\u2019s preferred name for the disputed waters. \u201cThis is more of a deterrent because we now have several\u00a0batteries for this BrahMos cruise missile, which is going to be deployed to the Philippine Marines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such a missile force could play a significant role in any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2930531\/us-admiral-china-aggression-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>possible conflict<\/a> between the Philippines and China, which has laid claim to vast swaths of the South China Sea and deployed coast guard and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/get-the-f-out-philippines-foreign-minister-warns-china-on-south-china-sea\/\" title=\"\u2018Get The F*** Out\u2019: Philippines\u2019 Foreign Minister Warns China On South China Sea\">maritime militia vessels<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2938044\/china-threatens-more-clashes-after-damaging-philippine-vessel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>enforce<\/a> those claims at the Philippines\u2019s expense. U.S. and Philippine officials have been working to station additional missile batteries in the Philippines, but the newest offering points to India\u2019s potential as a security partner. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we are also exporting BrahMos missiles,\u201d Indian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Narendra-Modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Narendra Modi<\/a> said on Friday to announce the shipment. \u201cThe first batch of this missile is going to the Philippines today. I congratulate all countrymen on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Modi announced the delivery of the missile battery, which was developed by a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brahmos.com\/content.php?id=1&#038;sid=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>joint venture<\/a>\u201d between Indian and Russian defense companies, just days before the launch of large-scale military exercises led by the Philippines and the United States. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>U.S. and Filipino soldiers watch as they unfurl the joint military exercise flag of the \u201cBalikatan,\u201d or Shoulder-to-Shoulder, during its opening ceremonies at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines, on Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Basilio Sepe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSupplying its finest BrahMos missiles to friendly countries like the Philippines is natural in that sense and in the context of evolving security dynamics in the Indo-Pacific as perceived by Manila,\u201d former Indian diplomat Anil Trigunayat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/economics\/article\/3259900\/brahmos-missile-delivery-philippines-india-sets-out-its-arms-stall-southeast-asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>South China Morning Post<\/em>. \u201cChina and the Philippines have their own problem-and-sovereignty matrix which has forced Manila to beef up its defenses, including its security partnership with the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-house-dem-wants-to-cut-nuclear-arsenal\/\" title=\"Top House Dem Wants To Cut Nuclear Arsenal\">land-based missiles<\/a> to the Philippines is a key theme of those \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2970819\/mega-drills-us-philippines-test-missile-deployments-counter-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mega drills<\/a>,\u201d which will include participants from France and Australia. The military exercises, widely perceived as a show of force in the context of China\u2019s increasingly confrontational approach in the South China Sea, drew an implicit warning from a senior Chinese military official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina \u2026 will safeguard its legitimate rights in the face of deliberate violation of its sovereignty, and it will take firm\u00a0countermeasures\u00a0against unreasonable provocations,\u201d Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army Gen.\u00a0Zhang Youxia, the vice chairman of China\u2019s Central Military Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3259942\/top-chinese-military-commander-pledges-retaliate-against-unjust-provocation-over-maritime-disputes?module=top_story&#038;pgtype=homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Monday at a naval symposium in China.<\/p>\n<p>China has laid claim to the majority of the South China Sea in defiance of an international tribunal\u2019s 2016 ruling against Beijing in a case brought by the Philippines. Those tensions have worsened in recent months, as Chinese forces seek to prevent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2963133\/china-claims-right-to-inspect-philippine-supplies-to-military-outpost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>delivery of supplies<\/a> to a Philippine military outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal \u2014 and claim the right to enforce former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s \u201cgentleman\u2019s agreement\u201d that Manila would not try to supply the outpost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Philippines keeps denying these common understandings,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday. \u201cBreach of commitments and provocations will only escalate the situation and eventually backfire on the Philippines itself. We hope the Philippines will face that squarely and decide sensibly what its action should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BrahMos cruise missiles could give Philippine officials a broader range of options that might be deemed sensible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we see something entering our territory as a threat, the BrahMos missile can hit that target the moment it enters our exclusive economic zone,\u201d said Malaya, the Philippine National Security Council official.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippine forces procure supersonic cruise missiles from India, bolstering Manila&#8217;s capability to confront China in the contested South China Sea. 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