In late September 2025, the skies and seas over North Sulawesi near the Indonesia–Philippines maritime border became a stage for strategic signaling. The two nations launched Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Philindo 2025, a bilateral naval exercise involving ships such as Indonesia’s KRI Lumba-lumba 881 and the Philippines’ BRP Artemio Ricarte. As Lt. Col. Rudi Tandirerung … Continue reading Indonesia Joins Philippines for Massive Naval Drill in the South China Sea