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US should help the Philippines replace the BRP Sierra Madre

By Tom Rogan
Published September 12, 2023 4:56pm ET
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US should help the Philippines replace the BRP Sierra Madre
Last Friday, the Philippines successfully resupplied a Navy vessel it had deliberately beached on the Second Thomas Shoal. The BRP Sierra Madre hosts Philippine Marines who defend Manila’s claim over the Shoal, 122 miles of the West Philippines coast. While the Shoal is located well within the Philippines’s exclusive economic zone and 710 miles from […]


Last Friday, the Philippines successfully resupplied a Navy vessel it had deliberately beached on the Second Thomas Shoal. The BRP Sierra Madre hosts Philippine Marines who defend Manila’s claim over the Shoal, 122 miles of the West Philippines coast. While the Shoal is located well within the Philippines’s exclusive economic zone and 710 miles from China, Beijing claims the waters as its own.

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