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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/us-forces-returning-to-philippines-to-counter-china-threats/"></div>SUBIC BAY, Philippines (AP) — Once-secret ammunition bunkers and barracks lay abandoned, empty and overrun by weeds — vestiges of American firepower in what used to be the United States’ largest overseas naval base at Subic Bay in the northern Philippines. But that may change in the near future. The U.S. has been taking steps […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-...

The United States has been rebuilding its military might in the Philippines more than 30 years after it closed its bases there.

US forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats | 2023-02-08 17:01:35

Washington has been reinforcing an arc of military alliances in Asia in a starkly different post-Cold War era in which the perceived new regional threat is an increasingly belligerent China.

Once-secret ammunition bunkers and barracks lay abandoned, empty and overrun by weeds — vestiges of American firepower in what used to be the United States’ largest overseas naval base at Subic Bay in the northern Philippines. But that may change in the near future. The U.S. has been taking steps to rebuild its military might…