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MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Thousands of American and Filipino forces began on Monday one of their largest combat exercises in years that will include live-fire maneuvers, aircraft assaults, urban warfare and beach landings in a showcase of U.S. firepower in the northern Philippines near its sea border with Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual exercises, called Balikatan \u2014 Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder \u2014 will run up to April 8 with nearly 9,000 navy, marines, air force and army troops, including 5,100 American military personnel, to strengthen the longtime treaty allies\u2019 \u201ccapabilities and readiness for real-world challenges,\u201d U.S. and Philippine military officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China will likely frown on the war drills given their relative proximity to Taiwan, which it claims as Chinese territory, but organizers said the exercises don\u2019t regard any particular country as a target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe U.S. military and Armed Forces of the Philippines will train together to expand and advance shared tactics, techniques, and procedures that strengthen our response capabilities and readiness for real-world challenges,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Jay Bargeron, the U.S. 3rd Marine division\u2019s commanding general. \u201cOur alliance remains a key source of strength and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philippines Exercise Director Major Gen. Charlton Sean Gaerlan of the Philippine Navy, left, and U.S. Exercise Director Major Gen. Jay Bargeron, center, of the U.S. Marine Corps unfurls the “Balikatan” or “Shoulder to Shoulder” flag during opening ceremonies of military exercises Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines on Monday, March 28, 2022. Thousands of American and Filipino forces opened on Monday one of their largest combat exercises in years that will include live-fire training, urban assaults, amphibious landing and coastal defense in the northern Philippine region near its sea border with Taiwan. (AP Photo\/Aaron Favila)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First staged in 1991, the Balikatan exercises are anchored on the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty, which commits the United States and the Philippines to come to the aid of the other in case of an attack. The allies aim to be strong and seamlessly braced for any security contingency as a deterrence against war. \u201cIt\u2019s for mutual defense, never for offense,\u201d Philippine military spokesman Col. Ramon Zagala said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The treaty alliance \u201cdeclares formally our sense of unity and determination to mutually defend against external armed attack, so that no potential aggressor could be under the impression that either of them stands alone,\u201d Zagala told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the governor of northern Cagayan province, where amphibious landings with limited live-fire maneuvers were scheduled to be held in the coastal town of Claveria this week, has opposed any joint exercise utilizing gunfire, fearing it could antagonize China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe military consulted and asked me, but I said I cannot allow any live-fire exercise. Any exercise is OK, but live-fire,\u201d Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba told The AP by telephone. \u201cWe have to engage China, but not in a war, because I know Taiwan is a powder keg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China, along with the U.S. and Taiwan, have expressed interest in investing in Cagayan, which has an underdeveloped agriculture and related industries, Mamba said, adding \u201cI\u2019m not pro-China, I\u2019m pro-Cagayan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Philippine military official said the beach landing exercises would proceed in Claveria without any live-fire training, which will be held instead at Crow Valley, an aircraft gunnery range in Tarlac province further south of Cagayan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A U.S. Marine provides simulated cover fire on May 9, 2018, during an amphibious exercise at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui, Philippines, as part of Exercise Balikatan 2018. (MC1 Nardel Gervacio\/Navy))<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The combat exercises in the northern Philippines are being held amid heightened tensions between Taiwan and China<\/a>. But Zagala said most of the military maneuvers have been planned a year ago and did not consider the recurring tensions in the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what it calls a warning to Taiwan independence supporters and their foreign allies, China has been staging threatening exercises and flying military planes near the island\u2019s airspace, including on Feb. 24, when Russia began its invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping say they are committed to using peaceful means to bring Taiwan under Beijing\u2019s control. The U.S. has consistently expressed its support for ensuring that Taiwan can defend itself, and Chinese military action against the island in the short- to medium-term is generally considered a remote possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Kurt Stahl of the third U.S. Marine division said that while most combat exercises and humanitarian projects would take place in the country\u2019s north, some maneuvers will be staged on the western island province of Palawan, along with an air defense exercise featuring U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft around the western side of Luzon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That region faces the disputed South China Sea, where China\u2019s increasingly assertive actions, including the building of missile-protected island bases to reinforce its vast territorial claims, have sparked protests from rival claimants like the Philippines and Vietnam, along with condemnation from the U.S. and its Western and Asian allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The large-scale exercises reflect how outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte<\/a> has walked back on his earlier threat to restrict U.S. military activities in the Philippines. He has nurtured closer ties with China and Russia while often criticizing U.S. security policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July last year, Duterte reversed his termination of a key defense pact with Washington that allows large-scale combat exercises between U.S. and Philippine forces like the Balikatan after the U.S. provided millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine that he had publicly demanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Joe Biden has said America\u2019s vaccines were being donated to poorer countries at the time to save lives and \u201cdon\u2019t include pressure for favors or potential concessions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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