💨 Abstract

In the annual Balikatan exercises between the U.S. and the Philippines, U.S. forces deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on Batan Island, near Taiwan. The joint military drills involved 9,000 American and 5,000 Filipino personnel, with Australia, Japan, and other countries as observers. China opposes the exercises as provocative, with its aircraft carrier group sailing nearby. The U.

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