American and Philippine Forces expanded their anti-ship and anti-aircraft capabilities with the debut new missiles at ...

Once wholly reliant on the United States for defence, Manila now has missiles of its own. Some see them as a dangerous ...

The Philippine Navy’s guided-missile frigate, BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), has successfully conducted its inaugural test firing of two MBDA Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles (SAM). The live-fire ...

The frigate carried out a first firing of the Mistral 3 missile in April 2025 ... Besides the Simbad-RC system, both frigates have each been armed with a Leonardo 76 mm/62 Super Rapid gun ...

Navy described the Mistral 3 as “a versatile combat-proven short-range air defense missile system with a ‘fire and forget’ capability developed by MBDA of France.” It added that Mistral 3 ...