MANILA – US and Philippine troops will sail beyond the South-east Asian nation’s territorial waters for the first time since their joint annual drills started three decades ago, risking further maritime tensions with Beijing.
For the first time since Balikatan started in 1991, the allies will sail outside the 12 nautical miles of the Philippines’ baseline off the western Palawan province, which faces the South China Sea. The US military’s maiden deployment in the Philippines of a missile system covering a range that could reach China’s southern provinces shows “the drills are beyond self-defence purposes”, according to Mr Cao Weidong, a retired senior researcher at the PLA Naval Research Academy.
The use of the missile system, according to the Philippine military’s Colonel Michael Logico, would only be for logistical training and will not be fired, emphasising that the drills are not aimed against China.
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