Source: CBS News
“Thousands of U.S. and Filipino troops launched joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday, after China held huge drills around Taiwan and a Chinese vessel collided with a Filipino patrol boat. The exercises came as Taiwan detected a record 153 Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island, official data showed Tuesday. The aircraft were spotted in the 25 hours to 6:00 am on Tuesday, the defense ministry said in a statement — the most for a single day. The annual Kamandag, or Venom, exercises are focused on defending the north coast of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, which lies about 500 miles from self-ruled Taiwan.” (10/15/24)
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