The Philippines and the US will stage their biggest-ever military exercise over the next several days starting April 11.
Meanwhile, China is expected to conclude on Monday three days of military drills around self-ruled Taiwan, the island that Beijing views as its own territory.
Some of the drills set to be carried out for the first time include live-fire training using Patriot missiles and Avengers air defence systems, both used by Ukraine to defend itself against Russia’s invasion. Aside from live-fire training, the drills will cover maritime security, amphibious operations, urban and aviation operations, cyberdefense, counterterrorism, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness.“A lot of our subsystems when it comes to command and control, [and] intelligence rely on the cyber domain. We will be creating scenarios involving a cyberattack and how to defend against it,” he said.
“We’re preparing because the threat has become more real now and you can no longer brush it aside. In a long time, we never saw a credible threat of invasion of the Philippine territory, but now it’s possible,” he told the Inquirer. Officials, however, had earlier said that the drills were not directed against any country and were merely meant to increase readiness.
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