{"id":70413,"date":"2025-05-05T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/05\/target-vessel-sank-before-it-could-be-hammered-at-drill-in-philippines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:21:00","slug":"target-vessel-sank-before-it-could-be-hammered-at-drill-in-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/05\/05\/target-vessel-sank-before-it-could-be-hammered-at-drill-in-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Target vessel sank before it could be hammered at drill in Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A decommissioned vessel meant to be struck by missiles during a joint live-fire event of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/04\/21\/us-philippines-to-simulate-full-scale-battle-in-balikatan-drills\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/04\/21\/us-philippines-to-simulate-full-scale-battle-in-balikatan-drills\/\">Philippine Armed Forces and the U.S. military<\/a> sank out of its own volition shortly before modern weaponry had a chance to send it to its watery grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sinking of the BRP Miguel Malvar happened roughly 30 nautical miles west of San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines, a U.S. spokesman for the exercise said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, certain elements of the Balikatan 25 Maritime Strike live-fire portion of the drill, in which the vessel was to participate, would take place as planned, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2024\/06\/04\/us-philippines-expand-exercise-to-territorial-edges-amid-tension-with-china\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2151659051.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US, Philippines expand exercise to territorial edges amid tension with China<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. is continuing to find ways to fortify defenses across the Pacific to deter China and counter its influence. The Philippines is key to that effort.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Miguel Malvar \u201ctook on water while being positioned,\u201d the statement reads, and sank at 7:20 a.m. at its intended location for the live-fire event. No personnel were injured, it notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs is common, the vessel was selected because it exceeded its service life and was no longer suitable for normal operations,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the vessel sank, the glitch did not sink the ability to conduct a command post exercise as part of the live-fire event. 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