US and the Philippines begin largest joint military drills in decades

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US and the Philippines begin largest joint military drills in decades.
The United States and the Philippines have launched their largest combat exercises in decades — which will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault — in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China,.
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US and the Philippines begin largest joint military drills in decades

The United States and the Philippines have launched their largest combat exercises in decades — which will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault — in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3UreJF6

The annual drills by the longtime treaty allies called Balikatan — Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder — began on Tuesday and will run up to April 28.

Involving more than 17,600 military personnel, it will be the latest display of American firepower in Asia, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed sea channel and against Taiwan.

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