00:00Here in Poway, troops from the U.S., Philippines, Japan, and Canada are practicing maritime strike drills.
00:07They're testing how well they can combine the air, land, and sea forces and get used to working together.
00:17These Type 88 anti-ship missiles were fired the first time the Philippines has used the Japan deploy system on
00:24its soil,
00:25as Tokyo steps up its role in the annual balikaten drills.
00:30And this drill builds on a similar exercise held in Batanes in late April.
00:34The Philippine Defense Secretary and Japanese Defense Minister were both present, even snapping a selfie together.
00:41We do not canalize the area, but insofar as we have convergence with our like-minded partners,
00:50this is our share, and helping us to punch with our own weight in defending ourselves
01:01and to contributing to regional peace and stability.
01:04In addition to Japanese weaponry, the drills are also testing U.S. systems like MITES,
01:11a mobile air defense platform designed to counter drones and other aerial threats,
01:15and Nemesis, a land-based missile system used to strike enemy ships at sea.
01:21Some experts say the exercise isn't just about demonstrating fire power,
01:25but also about practicing logistics.
01:28To a large extent, the exercise has been focused on logistics management,
01:33especially in mobilizing the other commands affiliated with the Philippine armed forces.
01:45The exercise comes a day after drills involving the firing of a Tomahawk land-attack missile,
01:51which has the range to hit parts of the Taiwan Straits,
01:54and marks the first time the U.S. has used a Typhon launcher in the Philippines.
01:59Meanwhile, the Japanese and Philippine defense chiefs have agreed to begin talks on a deal
02:04that would allow Tokyo to provide second-hand destroyers to Manila.
02:09Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has also been watching the drills live from Manila,
02:14as this is the last major exercise before Balikatan wraps up on Friday.
02:19Fu Huahong, David Santos and Alan Lu in Poway, Philippines for Taiwan Plus.
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