US not planning to shoot down errant Chinese rocket: defense chief

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'We have the capability to do a lot of things, but we don't have a plan to shoot it down as we speak,' said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

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The Philippines has accused China of blocking coastguard patrols near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, just days after Beijing announced its seasonal fishing ban over the resource-rich waterway. In a statement on Tuesday night, Hermogenes Esperon, a national security adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, said the China Coast Guard conducted “shadowing, blocking, dangerous manoeuvres and radio challenges” to two Philippine Coast Guard vessels in the waters near the shoal late last month.

 

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