Flash Report: PH Military open new Luzon Strait base near Taiwan

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1. Last Thursday, the AFP Northern
Luzon Command (Nolcom)
commissioned a forward operating
base in Mahatao Island, one of the
islands of Batanes Province in the
northernmost part of the country.
Batanes as the Philippines’
Northernmost Frontier: The island
chain was recognized for its strategic
value amid rising tensions with
Beijing.
Mahatao FOB is the largest
development from the AFP to date.
It will serve as a critical piece of the
Archipelagic Defense Strategy

2. AFP is training to fight a
potential Chinese Invasion
of Taiwan Balikatan: PH allies,
particularly US and AUS
staged war games and
mock invasions

3. “For a long time, the AFP
was focused on internal
security. Now, we are
looking outward” — Brig.
Gen. Fernando T. Trinidad,
the AFP’s Deputy ChOS for
Intelligence

4. How this news relevant to
Global Governance?

5. Growing multipolarity
+
Harder Problems We are being converted into
a Forward Tripwire StateHow?
Containment of China: Island
Chain Strategy and Pivot to Asia
Philippine VFA Shopping: US,
AUS, Japan, UK, Canada, France,
S-Korea, New Zealand, etc.
Ballooning defense budget
trading off other important
sectors
Ignore the 1991 senate decision
to abrogate the renewal of US
bases

6. Why is this news personally
important to me? Why and how might a regular
Filipino, non-ADMU-affiliated
citizen be affected by this?

7. Sources:
https://news.usni.org/2025/08/29/philippine-military-
opens-new-luzon-strait-base-near-taiwan
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2102429/afp-new-
batanes-base-key-to-defense-strategy/amp