US, Philippines launch largest-ever shoulder-to-shoulder drills amid Taiwan tensions

The United States and the Philippines have kicked off a large-scale exercise that will include maneuvers by 17,600 troops, live-fire missile launches and a boat-sinking drill near disputed South China Sea waters.

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