Four ships will be joining the exercise, with Australia and India participating as observers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA – The United States will hold joint exercises with Coast Guards from Japan and the Philippines for the first time starting this week amid elevated tensions with China in the region.
The exercises will “strengthen interoperability” and will include maritime law enforcement training and manoeuvring drills, it said. “This is a routine exercise between Coast Guards,” he said, adding that the US and Japan both requested the joint drills. Some 400 crew members on four ships will join the trilateral exercises, with Australia and India possibly participating as observers, Commodore Balilo said.using rockets and combat aircraft to simulate sinking an enemy ship as part of war games, conducted in an area also near the South China Sea.
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