The pre-planned annual 'Balikatan' exercises will involve more than 17,600 military personnel and feature the sinking of a boat in Philippine territorial waters
The pre-planned annual"Balikatan" exercises will involve more than 17,600 military personnel and feature the sinking of a boat in Philippine territorial waters.A member of the US Air Force salutes beside Filipino troopers during opening ceremonies for the joint military exercises. Pic: APThe US and the Philippines are holding their largest combat drills in decades after China conducted mock air and sea attacks off the coast of Taiwan.
The pre-planned annual"Balikatan" exercises will involve more than 17,600 military personnel and include live-fire drills such as a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. It will be the latest display of American firepower in Asia and is likely to further inflame tensions withA Chinese warship fires during a military drill across from the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands. Pic: Reuters
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