BASCO, Batanes, Philippines --- Filipino and American troops will train to defend an island province facing Taiwan from potential aggressors as part of the biggest-ever "Balikatan" (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercise. Officials from the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) briefed local executives on the scheduled drills in the coming days to avoid panic among residents of Batanes, located 148.16 kilometers (80 nautical miles) from Taiwan's southernmost tip. The planned activities will include an air assault, a method of insertion through helicopters, to seize back a key terrain. "There's a scenario where the island gets occupied by a fictitious country and the training troo...
Keep on reading: ‘Balikatan’ to simulate defense of Batanes
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