Philippine Defense OSINT

RUMINT: Here are the latest PN force targets- LHA/LHD – 1 (Dokdo Derivative) LPDs – 6 (Phase 3 ~2027) DDG new builds – 3–4 AAW FFG – 3–4 (Mogami/HDF-6000; priority 2) MMCF – 6 (priority +2) JRCF – 2 Corvettes – 12 RSC OPVs – 18 (priority +6) 1/x

Mr. Guo Wei’s statement is yet another attempt to distort reality and shift blame. Let me be clear: the Philippines is not intruding into anyone’s waters. We are simply exercising our sovereign rights and jurisdiction in our own exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, as affirmed by UNCLOS. The 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award is final, binding, and legally unassailable. It categorically rejected China’s illegal “nine-dash line” claims and historic rights assertions. Bajo de Masinloc lies well within the Philippines’ EEZ. While Panganiban Reef, Ayungin Shoal and Zamora Reef are low-tide elevations that do not generate entitlement to a territorial sea, exclusive economic zone or continental shelf, and are not features that are capable of appropriation by occupation or otherwise. Panganiban Reef and Ayungin Shoal are part of the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Philippines. These areas fall squarely within the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile EEZ, and only the Philippines possesses sovereign rights over the resources and activities there. China has no legal basis to claim them as its “territorial waters” or “airspace.” Geography itself exposes the absurdity of China’s position. Bajo de Masinloc is approximately 120 nautical miles from the coast of Luzon, well inside our EEZ. It is over 500 nautical miles from the nearest point on China’s mainland and even farther from Hainan. Panganiban Reef is roughly 129 nautical miles from Palawan—again, deep inside Philippine waters. These are not “China’s waters.” They never were. When our Coast Guard and naval vessels operate in these areas, when our aircraft conduct lawful patrols, or when our fishermen exercise their fishing rights, we are not provoking anyone. We are simply doing what every coastal state has the right to do under UNCLOS: defend our maritime domain. It is China’s repeated deployment of coast guard ships, maritime militia, and naval vessels into our EEZ—often in large swarms—that constitutes the real intrusion and the source of tension. We remain committed to diplomacy and to a peaceful, rules-based order in the South China Sea. But diplomacy does not mean surrendering our sovereign rights. The 2016 Award is the law and will continue to uphold it transparently, responsibly, and without apology. The real question is not who wants peace—it is who refuses to accept the binding decision of an international tribunal and continues to militarize features inside another country’s EEZ.

Latest photos of the second batch of nine (9) new VBTP-MR Guarani 6x6 Wheeled Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) of the Philippine Army (@yourphilarmy 🇵🇭). The Philippines received the 2nd batch of Guarani 6x6 Wheeled APCs, last year. The Army will receive 14 more Guarani 6x6 APCs.

@ReHorizon3 People who are mostly pro or closeted pro-CCP always wants to frame our alliance with the US in this false dichotomy, removing us of any agency to have an independent foreign policy. We're not ride or die with the US, or any other country. We don't even have a NATO-like treaty.

We live in a multipolar world. The Philippines has a strategic agency. The Philippines has the right who to be friends with and who to negotiate with. That does not make less of our alliance with the United States. As a true sovereign state, the Philippines can decide for itself!

According to the report below, the procurement involved a total of 205 Trucks, composed of 117 Isuzu NPS and 88 Isuzu FTS trucks, all configured with troop carrier bodies. The troop carrier bodies were built locally by F. Cura Industries. carguide.ph/2026/04/philip…

@x3pol They are, and usually are the first targets in a conflict. But they ensure the radars are well protected and maintained during peace time, for general surveillance and intelligence.

@PhilDefOSINT Aren't fixed radars rather vulnerable?

RUMINT: The Air Surveillance Radar Phase 3 will involve the acquisition of "up to" 10 fixed radars and 4 mobile radars. This is more than enough to fill the 4 publicly known sites for this project, possibly including Balabac Island. 1/x

From the previous #133 airframe, another S-70i (#134) was seen performing flight tests in PZL Mielec's facility in Poland. youtube.com/watch?v=O7Zvf-…

@isuzuphil @ropharmy From @MonteroMax 's previous post: The Isuzu FTS are in the same category (2.5 ton) as the Kia KM250 and the older American M35 6x6 trucks, and are larger than the Isuzu NTS militarized 4x4 trucks featured last time by Autoindustriya. fin/x

In a handover ceremony, @isuzuphil turned over to the @ropharmy their new Isuzu FTS 2.5-ton medium troop carrier trucks. The contract is for 88 brand new Isuzu FTS militarized 4x4 trucks. 📸 by Isuzu Philippines FB 1/x

Another thing that's likely, but not yet confirmed, is an uprated truck platform for the mobile radars. Which hopefully does happen, as utilizing our terrain to hide the mobilization of the radars will be critical for survivability. fin/x

Unfortunately, I don't have information on how and where the additional fixed radars would be used outside of what's OSINT. But there's reason to believe that some of these units will be different. 3/x

It's also possible to use one fixed radar for one of the ASR Phase 2 locations, as out of the 4, only 3 will be installed with a J/FPS-3ME radar. For reference, Phase 2 contract includes 3x J/FPS-3ME fixed radars, and 1x J/TPS-P14ME mobile radar - or a total of 4 radars. 2/x

@yishan00001 @jaytaryela Affected na affected ka kasi pag inaapi yung fake claims ng China eh, doon ka na lang, supsupin mo yung likod ni Xi :)

@PhilDefOSINT @jaytaryela Bakit ako mag mimigrate sa China? May fetish ma ba pumunta doon?

First, the 1875 Carta General del Archipiélago Filipino was not “merely a geographical map.” It was the official Spanish hydrographic chart of the Philippine archipelago, stamped with royal authority, used by Spain to define its colonial territory, and later adopted and reissued four times (1899–1902) by the U.S. War Department as the authoritative map of Philippine territory. It explicitly depicts Bajo de Masinloc (Panacot/Scarborough Shoal) and Los Bajos de Paragua (parts of the Spratly Islands / Kalayaan Island Group) within the Philippine archipelago. This is the same map that informed the Treaty of Paris (1898) and the Treaty of Washington (1900), which ceded these features to the United States as part of the Philippines. Second, the 1928 Island of Palmas arbitration is being shamelessly misused. That case concerned Miangas Island — a tiny feature hundreds of kilometers east of the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal — and turned on effective occupation, not cartography. The arbitrator’s comment about “no indication of political boundary” applied to the specific evidentiary weight of maps in that dispute. It does not erase the 1875 Carta’s role in defining the Philippine archipelago under two international treaties. The United States itself cited the 1902 U.S. reproduction of this very map as official evidence of Philippine territory. Cherry-picking one line from Palmas while ignoring the treaties and the map’s repeated official use is not legal reasoning — it’s narrative control. Third, on Panacot: the claim that “Panacot ≠ Huangyan Dao” and is instead “Marsingola between Galit and Lumbay” has been debunked by Philippine historians and cartographic records for years. Spanish official maps — from the 1734 Murillo Velarde map onward through the 1808 and 1875 Carta General — consistently label Panacot (Panacot Shoal) at the exact location of Bajo de Masinloc / Scarborough Shoal, with matching hydrographic details and historical shipwreck records. Filipino mariners named it “Panacot” (threat/danger) because of its navigational hazard — a name that appears in our archipelago’s official charts for centuries. The 1794 Laurie & Whittle map you cite does not override Spain’s own hydrographic surveys or the multiple official Philippine maps that followed. This is not “misreading”; this is documented continuity. The 2016 Arbitral Award under UNCLOS already settled the legal status: China’s “historic rights” claims beyond its lawful maritime zones have no legal basis. The Philippines is not “distorting history” — we are defending it with treaties, official maps, and international law. We remain committed to dialogue and diplomacy based on UNCLOS and the 2016 Award. But diplomacy requires acknowledging facts, not rewriting them to justify continued harassment of our fishermen and Coast Guard in our own exclusive economic zone.

@MayiMirabueno @jaytaryela Weh, di nga? Kumusta poon kariton nyo? Migrate ka na lang sa China since mas may panahon ka pang magpaka kontra dito :)

@jaytaryela daming mong satsat. hindi ako troll yan pangalan ko. ulol dagdag ka sa problema ng pinas. puro ka satsat kapag bangan at tubigan wala ka naman sa front. duwag

@yishan00001 @jaytaryela Mag migrate ka na lang sa China para di mo makita posts ni Tarela :)

@jaytaryela Papansin na naman tong kumag na to.

@saliendra95834 that's still in the pipeline. the possibility of acquiring Asagiri Class ships will be further along than the Abukumas.

@PhilDefOSINT the navy must first focus on acquiring the abukumas before going to another class

As to I have indirectly given a clue on, the Asagiri Class seems to be of interest to the Ph Navy. But it's likely that Vietnam and Indonesia are getting first dibs on the ships as it's much faster to process transfers to them. 1/x nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/coul…

What this rumor shows though is something interesting: if confirmed, this shows the Navy's change of opinion on COGAG ships. This is in contrast to primarily CODAD or CODOG ships, and a very low utilization of gas turbines on ships with them. 2/x

After the bid submission last month, the @DOTrPH has issued a Notice of Award to @MHI_Group Shipbuilding for the construction of five 97m MRRVs for the @coastguardph After NoA, the Notice to Proceed needs to be issued for the MRRVs to start constrctn. Five is too few. 📸DOTr

@carlworker The last thing anyone needs is China claiming territory that's not theirs, inserting themselves into their neighbors rightful EEZ under UNCLOS - which China is a signatory of. Delusions of grandeur linger within the CCP amidst their failure to temper their greed.

The last thing anyone needs is the French inserting themselves into the South China Sea equation. European delusions of grandeur linger amidst chronic failure to keep their own house in order.