(Manila Comprehensive) The next day in mainland China, the United States and the Philippines launched a 10 -day "Kamandag" military exercise in northern and western Philippines.

The focus of the

exercise is to defend the northern coast of Luzon Island of the Philippines. The drills include launching actual bombs on the northern coast of Luzon Island, and other activities on the Philippine Island between Luzon Island and Taiwan.Including amphibious landing, defensive chemistry and biological weapons attacks.

The United States and the Philippines have more than 1,000 people participating in military exercises, and Australia, Britain, Japan and South Korea also send personnel to participate.

Major General Rahaas, Commander of the Filipino Marine Corps, emphasized at the opening ceremony on Tuesday (15th) that the military exercise has been planning for a long time and "has nothing to do with anything that occurred in this area."

The person in charge of the Philippine Exercise, Brando, told reporters: "The principle of our coastal defense stipulates that potential aggressors may target our territory. We do not want to practice (for Taiwan) war."

The US Marine Corps representative Glen said that the exercise aims to help the United States and allies in response to any crisis or emergencies.

Chinese maritime migrant ships were accused of deliberately hitting the Philippines

On the other hand, the Philippine Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Bureau issued a statement on Monday (14th) saying that two vessels of the Fisheries Bureau on October 11 were near the Island of Haipa, China (China -called Zhongye Island)When a regular patrol at sea, a Chinese maritime militia ship deliberately hit one of the ships.

The statement stated that Chinese missionary vessels made dangerous actions to try to block the fisheries bureaus, and eventually occurred and collided, causing a slight depression at the header side of the ship.

The statement added that the crew was not injured and later sailed the ship towards Pacaza, and completed a routine maritime patrol task."Although this incident occurred, the ship still kept the position and continued to perform the task."

China and the Philippines have conflicts in areas with sovereign disputes in the South China Sea since last year.At the Asianan Summit last week, the Philippine President President Markis called for the formulation of the "South China Sea Conduct".