09-05-2024, 07:52 AM
A navy fast attack craft and frigate, an air force fighter and helicopter and land-based artillery from the Philippine military as well as a US F-16 fighter and an AC-130 gunship took part in the attack on the simulated enemy vessel, they added.
More than 16,700 Philippine and US troops are taking part in the annual military drills — dubbed “Balikatan,” or “shoulder to shoulder” in Tagalog — in multiple locations across the Asian archipelago.
The state-run Chinese Global Times said the BRP Lake Caliraya was “originally manufactured in China” and the only “Chinese-made naval asset” of the Philippines.
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/235153...e=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery
More than 16,700 Philippine and US troops are taking part in the annual military drills — dubbed “Balikatan,” or “shoulder to shoulder” in Tagalog — in multiple locations across the Asian archipelago.
The state-run Chinese Global Times said the BRP Lake Caliraya was “originally manufactured in China” and the only “Chinese-made naval asset” of the Philippines.
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/235153...e=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery