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The armed forces of the Philippines, the United States and four other countries began joint naval exercises off the coast of the Philippines' northern Luzon island facing Taiwan in a display of naval strength amid rising tensions with China.
Called "Sama Sama," which means togetherness, this year's drills, which involve almost a thousand sailors and personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, the United States and the Philippines, are high-intensity exercises focusing on anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air warfare.
It is good that they practice working together. Having spent a good amount of time working with the ROK Marines, it can be hard for coordination to be effective.
It should also be noted, that the response to this exercise will be this...
China is likely to launch military drills this week near Taiwan, using Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's upcoming national day speech as a pretext to pressure the island to accept its sovereignty claims, Taiwanese officials say.
When China has it drills, people in the US will lose their shit over it, forgetting we just did the same thing.
