Back To Subic Bay...With Friends?
By Commander Salamader
September 15, 2025
Here’s Subic Bay back in its US Navy heyday.
Here she is today.
That isn’t the real change. Look at what is happening on the western side of the bay.
19 years ago in 2006, just some undeveloped bayside.
Today?
Why is it important?
Subic Bay, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) northwest of Manila, sits within striking distance of China.
It is roughly 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) from Shenzhen and Taipei, 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles) from Shanghai, and 2,800 kilometers (1,740 miles) from Beijing, putting it well within the range of China’s intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
…and the world is a very different place than it was in the Duterte era.
Big things are happening.
The United States is moving forward with plans to establish what could become the world’s largest weapons manufacturing hub in the Philippines’ Subic Bay, once home to the biggest US naval base in Asia, to counter China’s expanding military presence in the region.
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