US, Philippines fire rockets at ship in largest drills FMTNews FMTWorld
The drill kicked off with a series of rockets at a decommissioned ship anchored off the coast.
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, who has sought stronger defence ties with the US, sat in an observation tower with US and Philippine officials watching the event north of Manila. The objective was to sink the decades-old ship, which represented an enemy vessel approaching the Philippine shore. Nearly 18,000 troops have taken part in the annual exercises dubbed Balikatan, or “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino.
The Americans also showed off their Patriot missiles, considered one of the best air defence systems in the world. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including the Spratly Islands, ignoring an international ruling that the assertion has no legal basis.
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