U.S. Marine Corps Rehearses Deploying Air Defense Radar to the Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The U.S. Marine Corps is forward deploying an expeditionary air defense radar to the Southeast Asian archipelago in support of Manila’s defense modernization efforts, USNI News has learned. Earlier this month, Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia rehearsed deploying a AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar at an undisclosed location in the Philippines. Capt. MacKenzie Margroum, a spokesperson for the unit, told USNI News that the training focused on the rapid deployme

Source: USNI News