Canada, Australia and the Philippines Used on Wednesday three warships and planes for exercises against simulated air threats from a controversial South Chinese Sea Rave where Chinese Forces have used risky maneuvers to try to drive manila’s aircraft and ships away.
The Filipino Military said that the Navy exercises east of the Scarborough Shoal had been completed, and no encounter with the Chinese coast guard, the Marine and the alleged militia ships, which the uninhabited fishing road have been guarding before the northwestern Philippines for years.
Chinese officials have not issued any comments on the naval exercises, but they repeatedly warned that they would defend the difficulty and remote waters that they describe as a Beijing territory.
China and the Philippines claim Scarborough and other islands, islands and reefs in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also placed overlapping demands on the busy waterway, an important global trade route.
The United States have no claims, but have questioned China’s entitlement to practically the entire Seegang, including Scarborough. Two US warships sailed out of the swing this month to promote the freedom of navigation and were shaded by a Chinese naval ship.
Sailed the guided destroyer Hmas Brisbane of the Royal Australian Navy from a western Philippine province, the Frederoy HMCs Ville de Quebec and a Filipino navy and a guided frigate brp-Brp-Brp-Brp-Brp-Brp-BRP Jose Rizal, who carried out threats east of the shoe-made threats. The Filipino military said in a short explanation.
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Video materials and photos of the Filipino military show at least three fighter planes that hovered in the sky during the exercises in the sky, while two combat helicopters flew separately near the Filipino naval regatta.
“This commitment confirms the armed forces of the Philippines commitment to promote defense cooperation with like -minded nations,” it said.
The exercises were among the final activities of the largest military exercises that Australia carried out with the Philippines, where more than 3,600 military personnel would end for 15 days of live and fight maneuvers on Friday.
Canada and several security partners sent armed forces as observers.
The Scarborough Shoal, one of the most sensitive flashpoints of Asia, was closely guarded by China’s armed forces, which suffered a setback on August 11 when a Chinese naval ship accidentally collided with a Chinese coastal guard ship while trying to block a ship of the Filipino coast guard near the shoe.
The arch of the Chinese coast guard was badly damaged by the high -speed accident, of which the Filipino military officers said that they could have killed at least two Chinese employees due to video material. So far, China has refused to specify specific details of the damage and possible losses.
Two days after the Chinese collision, the US Marine stopped a guided rocket destroyer and a Littoral combat ship, which sailed about 30 nautical miles (55 kilometers) of Scarborough in the names of the freedom of the navigation operations of China’s territorial claims. The US navy ships were shaded by a Chinese naval ship, but there were no reports of an unobtrusive incident, the Filipino Coast Guard.
The Philippines are the oldest allies in the United States in Asia. Washington has repeatedly warned that it is obliged to defend the Philippines when Filipino forces are under an armed attack, including in the South China Sea.
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