Military officials and diplomats from several countries watched the display of firepower from a hilltop along the coast of Laoag City.
Dust billows as Philippine Army fires Atmos 155mm howitzers during a joint military exercise in Laoag, Ilocos Norte
More than 16,000 military personnel from the US and the Philippines, along with a few hundred Australian troops and military observers from 14 countries, were participating in annual combat-readiness drills. It is the latest indication of how the US and the Philippines have bolstered a defence treaty alliance that started in the 1950s amid their concern in recent years over China’s increasingly aggressive actions in disputed territories in Asia.
China has angered the Philippines by repeatedly harassing its navy and coast guard ships with powerful water cannons and a military-grade laser, blocking movements and other dangerous manoeuvres in the high seas near two disputed South China Sea shoals. “We went to the right party, which is the United States and those that believe in what the US is doing.”
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