00:00The Philippines's BRP Ocerizal, Australia's HMAS Brisbane and Canada's HMCS Ville de Quebec,
00:07sail from El Nido, Palawan to hold drills east of Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc on Wednesday, August 27.
00:14This as part of Exercise ALON 2025, a biannual bilateral military exercise between the Philippines and Australia.
00:20The Armed Forces of the Philippines says the three vessels engaged in an air defense exercise
00:24and a photo exercise during the multilateral maritime exercise in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
00:30This year's Exercise ALON is the largest yet, involving 3,600 personnel in military drills across Palawan, the West Philippine Sea, and northern Luzon.
00:39Around 1,600 Australian troops joined the exercise, Australia's biggest military deployment so far this year.
00:46The joint drills come just weeks after two Chinese ships collided near Scarborough Shoal while trying to pursue a Philippine Coast Guard vessel.
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