MANILA: More than 16,700 Philippine and US troops started their largest-ever annual joint military drills on Monday amid criticisms that the drills th...
: More than 16,700 Philippine and US troops started their largest-ever annual joint military drills on Monday amid criticisms that the drills threaten regional peace and stability.
This year’s maritime drill will for the first time go beyond the Philippines’ 12-nautical-mile territorial waters. Many Philippine experts and scholars also expressed their concerns that the joint drills might threaten regional security.
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