The Philippines recently signed a contract with India for a shore-based anti-ship cruise missile system worth $385 million, he said.Īnti-tank Javelins and anti-ship missiles are precision-guided weapons that are relatively inexpensive compared to their targets, said former Navy Capt. Taiwan, for example, has the U.S.-made Harpoon anti-ship missile system. Nations bordering the South China Sea such as Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia have both shore- and sea-based anti-ship defenses, New Zealand-based security expert Paul Buchanan said in an email Wednesday. Ukrainian troops’ battlefield success, including rumors this week that they sank a Russian amphibious assault ship, is likely having a sobering effect on China, Lyle Goldstein, director of Asia Engagement at Defense Priorities and Visiting Professor at Brown University, told Stars and Stripes by phone Friday. “If Philippine marines could now carry Stingers or other similar handy anti-ship missiles, their odds at stalling any Chinese advance become better,” he said. Missiles would be particularly useful for the Philippines, which has only a small navy consisting mainly of refurbished Vietnam-War-era coast guard cutters, he said. “It may even things up between small countries like the Philippines and Taiwan and big hegemons like China.” “I think things like the use of missiles and weapons that can easily be moved around are being factored in by both ,” Abinales said. Outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces are using weapons such as Javelin anti-tank missiles supplied by the United States and its allies to extract a heavy toll on Russian invaders.
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