China has criticised the United States and the Philippines’ annual joint military exercise staged in locations facing the South China Sea and the island of Taiwan.
Thousands of troops are participating in the “Balikatan” drill which began on Monday and, for the first time, includes an integrated air and missile defence simulation.
US anti-ship missile system launchers and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, NMESIS, were deployed to Luzon, the…
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