Posted on 09/10/2025 1:55:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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.
The plans got a real push when Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inaugurated HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Philippines’ new shipyard at the former Hanjin complex, now renamed Agila Subic by American investment firm Cerberus Capital Management.
Backed by US and South Korean investment, the facility is expected to double the Philippines’ shipbuilding capacity to 2.5 million deadweight tons annually and employ more than 4,000 workers by 2030.
While Monday’s ceremony highlighted commercial shipping, officials noted the yard could also affect the country’s naval modernization.
HD Hyundai has already supplied the Philippine Navy with frigates and offshore patrol vessels and is positioning Subic as a regional hub for warship production.
South Korea’s ambassador to Manila described the shipyard as a “tripartite partnership” of Korean technology, US financing, and Philippine labor and geography.
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The DOD could have saved billions and not given it up.
A lot of sailors have fond memories of Subic Bay and Olongapo. Not me. I always had work to do, and stayed on the ship...
Wow, I thought Ferdinand Marcos was still dead. Then I saw the “Jr.”
When the host country tells you to get out, it's generally not a good idea to stick around.
When a volcano buries your base in ash ...
A lot of Corpsmen also have memories ... of treating sailors who have memories of Olongapo ...
Olongapo had the highest concentration of bars of any place I’ve ever been.
…. And I thought the Philippine Legislature kicked the US bases out in the 1990’s, now they’re baaack !!
…. And I thought the Philippine Legislature kicked the US bases out in the 1990’s, now they’re baaack !!
IMHO I don’t blame the Philippines for kicking us out of Subic.
The drinking and whoring were destroying their society. Sodom.
Lateral transfer for 300 Hyudai workers?
LOL!
M*A*S*H had its moments.
Added to the ChiCom target list.
When Marines in my company came down with post-R&R conditions, we Docs would ask them where they went on R&R.
The reason for that was because we were so skilled at treating the clap that we gave them the best antibiotic for their particular strain.
Penicillin worked on the Hong Kong Dong but was no match for the Bangkok clap. Aureomycin worked on that.
Yup. And every time the Philippines is mentioned people here bring it up like it was the greatest thing ever. Goes to show you that not every Conservative is a Christian.
That’s a weird combination of unsurprising, funny, and pathetic.
I figured you’d appreciate it.
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I was at Subic Bay while in the Navy. Also Cavite Peninsula NAS.
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