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PINPOINT ACCURACY. A US Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider, assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing, blasts a target vessel with pinpoint accuracy during a maritime littoral strike during the Ph-US Balikatan 2024 exercises near Lubang island in Mindoro. The Philippines summoned a senior Chinese embassy official over the “harassment of vessels” in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
“The Philippines demanded that Chinese vessels leave Bajo de Masinloc and its vicinity immediately,” the DFA said.China earlier justified its Coast Guard’s action when it fired a water cannon on Filipino troops in the waters off Bajo de Masinloc. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesman of the US Defense Department, said the “repeated harassment” on the Philippine vessels was “detrimental to regional peace and stability.”
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