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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17495374601581749537458433.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p>US anti-ship missile system NMESIS. Sgt. Juan Magadan, US Marine Corps via DVIDS/File  </p><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The United States’ Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System or NMESIS will remain in the Philippines for as long as training opportunities for the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) are there, official of the Philippine Navy said Tuesday.</p><p>“This is to confirm that the NMESIS is still within the country and it will continue to be used by the Philippine Marine Corps for training purposes. As to its current location, due to operational security, I cannot disclose that, but I can tell you that it’s still inside the country,” Navy spokesperson Captain John Percie Alcos told reporters in a press briefing at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/26/us-marines-anti-ship-missile-system-to-be-used-in-kamandag-2025-1526">US Marines’ anti-ship missile system to be used in Kamandag 2025</a></div><p>The NMESIS, a highly mobile coastal anti-ship missile with the ability to strike hostile surface vessels from land-based positions, was used in the recently concluded Kaagapay ng mga Mandirigma ng Dagat (KAMANDAG) exercise between the PMC and the US Marine Corps.</p><p>However, due to safety reasons, the two forces were not able to fire the NMESIS during the live fire exercises.</p><p>“I also mentioned that certain parameters have to be met. During that particular day, for safety reasons, they were not able to fire the NMESIS. However, we simulated the firing. So, we were able to make the most out of the training opportunity of having the NMESIS here,” Alcos said.</p><p>“We were not only supposed to fire the NMESIS. It was supposed to be a combined fires exercise,” he added.</p><p>Alcos said the deployment of the NMESIS in the country should not be viewed as a threat to China.</p><p>“The presence of the NMESIS in our country is only a deterrent to anybody who intends to conduct illegal, coercive, aggressive and deceptive actions against the Philippines. Otherwise, it’s just a military equipment that we use for training,” the official said.</p><p>China has opposed the deployment of the NMESIS and the US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Typhon missile system in the country.</p><div> </div><div><strong>TYPHON MISSILE SYSTEM</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The US deployed the Typhon missile system to the Philippines in April 2024 as part of the joint Salaknib and Balikatan exercises.</p><p>The Chinese government said the system&#x27;s deployment “creates tensions and antagonism in the region.”</p><p>Since last year, Beijing has repeatedly demanded Manila to return the Typhon to Washington.</p><p>But Philippine defense and armed forces officials asserted that no other country can dictate how the Philippines decides on deployments in terms of its defenses.</p><p>According to Philippine Army commanding general Lieutenant General Roy Galido, they have learned a lot in the trainings, which focused on the orientation and familiarization of the capability.</p><p>“The result of our learnings of the Typhon is great. We have learned a lot and it’s more than that. It’s not just the equipment but it’s also the opportunity for us to learn other platforms. Take note: The Typhon is just a platform. It’s just a tool,” Galido said.</p><p>“A tool that we have identified as one of our requirements for the Army to be able to project its force in accordance with the comprehensive archipelagic defense concept (CADC,” he continued. </p><p>Galido said the Army plans to acquire the Typhon missile system or any similar military platform.</p><p>“It’s still our desire to have one and we have proposed to have similar, if not that platform, within the inventory of the Army,” the official noted.</p><p>“We are still learning, we are still training. Just like any equipment you have, you just don’t learn it one time. You have to be well-versed with the equipment… If we have decided to procure it, it’s still being decided by those in the proper pay grade. My role is to propose,” he added. </p>

<p>The United States’ Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System or NMESIS will remain in the Philippines for as long as training opportunities for the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) are there, according to an official of the Philippine Navy.</p>

The United States’ Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System or NMESIS will remain in the Philippines for as long as training opportunities for the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) are there, according to an official of the Philippine Navy.

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US anti-ship missile system NMESIS to stay in Philippines for Marines' training

Bianca Dava,

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Published Jun 10, 2025 02:40 PM PHT

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