US tries out new missile system in ‘Balikatan’ 2024

This was the urgent alarm raised by militant groups, calling attention to the 39th Balikatan joint military exercises between the US and Philippine armed forces, which began on April 22 and will end on May 10.

In an attempt to downplay the belligerent purpose of the exercise, the American exercise director for Balikatan, Marine Corps Forces Pacific Commander Lt. Gen. William Jurney, merely said: “Our combined capabilities with the are stronger than ever. Every day that we work and train together, the bonds between our people grow stronger, our capabilities grow stronger, our alliance grows stronger.”

“More importantly, it can fire Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles that can hit targets as far as the China mainland. Tomahawk cruise missiles may carry conventional as well as nuclear warhead,” the group emphasized. “Ironically,” Tinio added, “it could be our fellow Filipinos in the so-called Solid North, the supposed political base of Marcos, that would bear the brunt of such a response.”

However, Philippine involvement in the exercise should not mean engaging in provocative war preparations, PINAS asserted: The alleged multi-level marketing practice of a local pharmaceutical company exposed by media is now the talk of the health care community. This town of 30 barangays had only 153 precincts in Election 2022. Yet four candidates for mayor got identical votes in many precincts. In others, the three “losers” got 1, 2 or 3 additional or fewer...

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