U.S. OKs Sale Of Air Search Radars For Philippine Navy

KUALA LUMPUR—The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of two Saab Sea Giraffe 3D air search radars for the Philippine navy. The radars will supplement the Philippines’ currently quite limited ability to monitor aircraft over the South China Sea, part of which it claims as territorial...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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