Philippines military calls US missile deployment report for Taiwan emergency unverified

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stated that reports about a U.S. plan to deploy missiles in the Philippines for a Taiwan emergency are based on "unverified sources." AFP spokesperson Colonel Francel Margareth Padilla emphasized the need for clarification from credible sources. A report suggested that the U.S. and Japan are developing a joint military plan that includes missile deployments to the Philippines and Japan's Nansei Islands. However, the information comes from unnamed sources, raising questions about its accuracy. Philippine Navy spokesperson Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad confirmed that the Philippines has its own contingency plans for a Taiwan emergency. He noted that the U.S. Army's Typhon missile system, which arrived in April, remains deployed in the country.