{"id":372331,"date":"2026-09-22T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372331"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:40:08","slug":"subic-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/subic-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Subic Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri and Kulish arrived at Subic Bay, Philippines to participate in the ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Joint Cooperation Activity (JCA).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Subic Bay<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.britannica.com\/19\/247119-050-0FC8A30B\/Locator-map-Subic-Bay.jpg?resize=386%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Subic Bay \" width=\"386\" height=\"386\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Subic Bay is an<strong> embayment of the<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/south-china-sea\/\"> South China Sea<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is \u00a0located on the<strong> southwestern coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/luzon-island\/\">Luzon Island<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>situated 35 miles northwest of Manila Bay<\/strong> and <strong>extends into the Luzon coastline. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The<strong> city of Olongapo<\/strong> is located near the<strong> head of Subic Bay.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Historical background:<\/strong> From <strong>1901 to 1992, the United States operated a major naval base at Subic Bay<\/strong> in the Philippines.\n<ul>\n<li>During <strong>World War II, Japan captured the base in 1942<\/strong>, and Allied forces recaptured it in 1944.<\/li>\n<li>Its strategic location made it important for <strong>U.S. operations during the Vietnam War and the Cold War<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1992, the U.S. handed over the base to the Philippines<\/strong>, which developed it into a <strong>free port, industrial and tourism zone<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>2012, the Philippines allowed limited access to U.S. warships<\/strong> at the Subic Bay port.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Joint Cooperation Activity (JCA)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Joint Cooperation Activity (JCA) brings together maritime forces <strong>from ASEAN Member States and eight Plus countries<\/strong> for professional and operational engagements.<\/li>\n<li>It aimed <strong>at enhancing interoperability, fostering mutual understanding and strengthening cooperation<\/strong> in the maritime domain.<\/li>\n<li>Participation of Indian Naval Ships in ADMM-Plus JCA aligns with India\u2019s <strong data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"113\">Act East Policy and MAHASAGAR vision<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The deployment will facilitate <strong data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"169\" data-is-last-node=\"\">professional and operational interactions with participating maritime forces, enhancing understanding of shared maritime challenges.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri and Kulish arrived at Subic Bay, Philippines to participate in the ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Joint Cooperation Activity (JCA). About Subic Bay Subic Bay is an embayment of the South China Sea. It is \u00a0located on the southwestern coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines. It is situated 35&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/subic-bay\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Subic Bay<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-372331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}