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THE Philippines and the United States will hold next week what they described as the “most expansive” Balikatan military exercises in the West Philippine Sea , among other areas, with more than a dozen countries serving as observers in the largest bilateral exercises.
For the first time, troops from the French Navy will also join the drills, along with contingents from the Australian Defence Force.During the war games, participating troops will execute a range of complex missions across domains, including maritime security, sensing and targeting, air and missile defense, dynamic missile strikes, cyber defense, and information operations, the embassy said.
“We’re building military readiness across the full range of combined and joint operations. It’s our most expansive Balikatan yet,” he added.
The command-and-control exercise includes the following: a cyber defense exercise to strengthen bilateral defense capabilities that protect critical military and civilian information infrastructure; a staff planning exercise to increase bilateral planning proficiency by developing the plan for next year’s iteration of Balikatan; and the inaugural information warfare exercise where Philippine and U.S.
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