00:00The AFP troops who joined their joint exercises in the West Philippine Sea were trained to fight back against the Island of Kunwari.
00:09The Chinese Navy even approached them, but they did not respond to the radio challenge of the Philippines.
00:14Chino Gaston was shocked.
00:19Using the latest fast attack interdiction craft made by Israel,
00:23Augusta Westland Helicopter
00:25and the BRP Ramon Algaraz
00:27joined the AFP Joint Exercise Dagit Pa 2024
00:31the Philippine Navy, Army, Air Force, and Philippine Coast Guard.
00:34It was held in the sea around Kota Island,
00:37which is part of the Kalayaan Island Group of Islands in the West Philippine Sea.
00:41From BRP Algaraz, the Navy SEALs and Coast Guards
00:45used rubber boats on Kota Island
00:47as part of the training on how to attack and defend an island.
00:52As part of the exercises here in the West Philippine Sea
00:56to defend an island of the Philippines
00:58which is occupied by foreigners
01:00and even though there is no one country.
01:03According to the AFP,
01:05this should serve as a warning
01:07to anyone who will attack.
01:09We can say that
01:11we are warning our neighbors
01:13or any external forces there
01:17that we are capable of defending our islands.
01:20This is a test of our interoperability
01:23here in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
01:26and the integration of all the capabilities of the Army,
01:29the Air Force, and the Navy.
01:31And it is very crucial for us to enhance
01:34of course our capability right here in the West Philippine Sea
01:39that is for us to show our firm resolve
01:43of defending our sovereignty and sovereign rights.
01:47And while the exercises were being conducted on Kota Island
01:50a corvette of the Chinese Navy approached and visited.
01:53The BRP Alcaraz immediately issued a radio challenge
01:56to keep the Chinese away.
01:58Chinese warship 629. Chinese warship 629.
02:01This is Philippine Navy warship 16.
02:04You are entering in our exercise area.
02:07Leave the vicinity immediately. Over.
02:10But these did not respond.
02:12The arrival of the Chinese
02:15did not affect the exercises.
02:18It looks like they are just watching.
02:21They are watching.
02:24So there is no interruption in our exercise.
02:29Meanwhile, the aircraft hangar and control tower
02:32in Pagasa Island is almost complete
02:34under the AFP modernization program.
02:36The extension of the seawall and composition
02:40of the boat shelter and harbor
02:42were not only used by Philippine Navy and Coast Guard
02:45but also by fishermen.
02:47For GMA Integrated News,
02:49Sino Gaston, Akatutok, 24 Hours.
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