The US seems to be rapidly advancing with its ambitious “Replicator” initiative. Under this program, the US aims to deploy swarms of lethal autonomous drones in the Taiwan Strait by August 2025.
We closed down US military bases here following the EDSA People Power Revolution after the Senate voted against the proposal of then president Corazon Aquino to renew the bases agreement.
The American amphibious assault ship, USS America, can support flight operations by F-35B stealth fighter aircraft.
It would be much harder, if not impossible, for the Chinese military to target U.S. air and naval assets if they had dispersed prior to a first strike.
In the beautiful island province of Palawan in the Philippines, a group of Chinese nationals pretending to be tourists from ...