The Philippines will soon decide on an international platform to sue China for alleged damage to the marine environment, its justice minister said, as it pursues a second high-profile legal challenge against Beijing over the South China Sea.

The Typhon missile system was redeployed from its original site at Laoag airfield on the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines to another location on the island, Reuters reported on Thursday. Tomahawk missiles can strike eastern and southern China from Laoag.

Experts however, warn that Manila’s strategy of having several warships patrolling at once could strain resources and leave the navy vulnerable to targeted attacks.

A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s response, including new international lawsuits.

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The senior Philippine government source said the redeployment would help determine where and how fast the missile battery could be moved to a new firing position. That mobility is

Philippines' Exercise Near Disputed Shoal Amid Standoff With China| Vantage With Palki Sharma | N18G The Philippines' Navy is holding drills around Scarborough shoal in South China Sea. The Navy has described the drill as a two-day long "routine unilateral exercise".

The Philippines has signalled a softened stance towards an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into thousands of killings in a "war on drugs", a probe activists hope will see popular ex-president Rodrigo Duterte face charges of crimes against humanity.

New satellite imagery shows the Philippines continuing to monitor China's presence in its maritime zone, including the movements of a colossal Chinese coast guard (CCG) ship nicknamed the "Monster."

The Philippine Coast Guard has entered its third week of actively challenging its Chinese counterparts, including a 12,000-ton “monster” China Coast Guard cutter within the country’s exclusive economic zone off Western Luzon.

The US military's Typhon launchers which can fire multi-purpose missiles up to thousands of kilometers will stay in the Philippines for the time being, the national security adviser to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.