Manila, March 24 -- Philippine Navy (PN) guided missile frigate BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-6), which took part in the 3rd Indian Navy International Fleet Review (IFR) and Multilateral Naval Exercise MILAN 2026 last month, successfully detected an Indian Navy submarine during the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) phase of the maneuvers.

Only BRP Miguel Malvar detected the submarine during the ASW off the coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, reported during Tuesday's media briefing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

"During the conduct of Exercise MILAN wherein the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) sent one PN warship, one of the exercise scenarios was ASW. The...