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THE Philippines and its security allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea , Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Wednesday, March 5, 2025, following confrontations between Chinese aircraft and those of his country, Australia and the United States.
”An AP journalist and other invited foreign media on the plane witnessed the tense 30-minute standoff as the Philippine plane pressed on with its low-altitude patrol around Scarborough with the Chinese navy helicopter hovering close above it or flying to its left in cloudy weather.The Chinese military, referring to Scarborough Shoal by its Chinese name, said at the time that the plane had “illegally entered the airspace of China’s Huangyan Island without the Chinese government’s permission.
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