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Philippine Sea

British  

noun

  1. part of the NW Pacific Ocean, east and north of the Philippines

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The warning was issued in a December 2025 report by New Zealand's Defence Force and Ministry of Foreign Affairs while they were monitoring a People's Liberation Army navy flotilla in the Philippine Sea.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

We know because in 1965 an A-4 rolled off the USS Ticonderoga, leaving a bomb capable of 1 megaton yield at the bottom of the Philippine Sea, where it remains.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

They identified three primary sources for this ancient water: the Philippine Sea Plate, the Pacific Plate, and ancient seafloor sediments, particularly in the Niigata and southwest Gunma regions.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

The Eisenhower is in the Gulf of Oman and has been patrolling in the Middle East along with the USS Philippine Sea, a Navy cruiser.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2023

Ordnancemen at work on the deck of the USS Philippine Sea, off Korea, October 1950.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.

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