Source : Shanghai Daily
US and Philippine navy personnel yesterday prepare to launch an unmanned aerial vehicle from a speed boat off the naval base in Sangley point, Cavite City, west of Manila, as part of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercises. The six-day exercises, involving three US Navy vessels, are an annual event but this year they will be held off the west coast of the Philippines' main island of Luzon, close to China's Huangyan Island. Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said yesterday that the Philippines was looking to give the United States greater access to its military bases, saying this was needed to respond to "China's threats."
