00:00Air patrols were conducted in the Bashi Channel as part of the 15th Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity
00:06between the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
00:13Featured in the activity were F-A-50 jets of the Philippine Air Force, as well as Cessna Caravan aircrafts,
00:19Super Tucano, and so-called helicopters flying alongside the United States' P-88 Poseidon aircrafts
00:25and Japan's P-3 Orient Patrol aircraft.
00:28This is the first time the MMCA was conducted in the Bashi Channel, a strategic waterway between Taiwan and the
00:35Philippines,
00:36from Mavulis Island in Batanes, with more activities to possibly follow.
00:41At the same time, a joint sail was conducted in the West Philippine Sea involving the Philippine Navy's BRP Antonio
00:48Luna,
00:49BRP Gabriela Silang of the Philippine Coast Guard, and the U.S. Navy-guided missile destroyer USS Dewey.
00:56This marks the second MMCA this year, conducted from February 20 to 26,
01:01aimed at strengthening interoperability among partner nations and promoting maritime security.
01:07One China PLA Navy vessel was monitored, but it did not interfere with the activity.
01:15We are now trying to go in the direction of having a 360 capability, not only for domain awareness,
01:21but even for operations and MMCA's.
01:24This would allow us to cover more area of our maritime domain.
01:28With that end...
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