Philippines says US anti-ship missile system in the country for annual joint exercises

The Manila Times

Philippines says US anti-ship missile system in the country for annual joint exercises  The Philippines' armed forces said on Tuesday, April 15, the US' Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) is in the country and will be used in the upcoming annual joint military drills.  More than 14,000 Philippine and US soldiers will be participating in the upcoming Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises, which will focus on enhancing maritime, territorial and coastal defenses. The drills will start on April 21 until May 9, and will also include some soldiers from Australia and Japan.  The drills will include integrated air and missile defense, counter-landing live fire exercises, maritime strike and humanitarian assistance.   REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #military  #unitedstates  #philippines

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00:00The nemesis, I will confirm that it's already in country.

00:04I will not say where, but it is going to participate.

00:08It's going to be part of the exercises.

00:11So all of this that you're seeing here is a culmination of all of these efforts.

00:14What we're looking at here is really an exercise verging into a full battle test,

00:21which means we are now treating the exercise as a rehearsal for our defense.

00:25We are looking at more or less 14,000 participants on both sides.

00:30We have an increase in the number of participants with the Australian Defense Force, the ADF.

00:38I think there are around 200, am I right Doug? 200 participants from the ADF.

00:44We are going to have active observers coming from the JSDF, the Japanese Sub-Defense Force.

00:50This is also the reason why we do these joint exercises to make sure that all of these not only work as single service operations,

00:57but they also work together as part of a joint force.

01:20The advice will be, and this is also the best of these joint exercises that we'll do,

01:28the steam cause to make sure that all of these requirements are served in the future.

01:32So let's get started.

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01:39We need to find out what we are working on now.

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