The Philippines has stood up its first battery of Indian-made supersonic cruise missiles in western Luzon, facing the South China Sea, a deployment officials say will help deter attempts to compromise the country’s sovereignty. With a range of about 180 miles, the BrahMos missile system puts key areas, such as Scarborough Shoal , one of the most hotly contested features in the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China, within striking distance. Newsweek reached out to the Philippine Marines