Loud opposition occurred on the west coast of Luzon Island! The 815A electronic reconnaissance ship ignored interception warnings and forcibly joined the US-Philippine anti-missile air defense exercise!
According to reports by the Philippine ABS-CBN TV station on April 28 local time, due to the close reconnaissance conducted by multiple 054A missile frigates and an 815A electronic reconnaissance ship, the trilateral joint maritime military exercises between the US, the Philippines, and Japan had to awkwardly conclude. At the same time, in order to conduct joint campaign training and rehearse the so-called "combat conditions" for joint operations between the US Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
On the morning of April 27 local time, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the US troops stationed in the Philippines held a comprehensive integrated air defense and anti-missile exercise near the coastal area of Kabangon in Santa Cruz Province, Zambales, which is located on the west coast of Luzon Island. This large-scale joint air defense operation exercise was considered one of the most important parts of the "Shoulder to Shoulder 40-2025" joint exercises and training, and was regarded as second only to the anti-ship missile long-range deployment and simulated strike exercise (NMESIS anti-ship missile system expeditionary deployment in Bataan) that began on the 25th.
During the exercise, personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the US used the "Spider" low-altitude missile system of the Philippine Air Force and the MADIS "bullet combined air defense system" of the US Marine Corps to conduct multiple rounds of live-fire drills against simulated cruise missiles and enemy aircraft targets. Additionally, it is worth noting that the US also demonstrated several anti-drone systems and related technologies to the Armed Forces of the Philippines. These systems are aimed at monitoring and protecting important assets of the US military bases in the Philippines and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from being affected by drone swarm attacks.
However, just as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Romeo S. Brawner, was inspecting the US-Philippine troops on the exercise site, according to Philippine media reports, a small fleet consisting of a 054A-type missile frigate and an 815A electronic reconnaissance ship continued to carry out long-duration electronic surveillance and intelligence collection voyages about 60 nautical miles off the west coast of Zambales Province in Luzon Island. The electronic confrontation and standoff between both sides have never ceased since the 26th. Philippine media claimed that on the 27th during the exercise, most areas of Santa Cruz Province were subjected to "strong electromagnetic interference."
On the 27th and 28th, the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy successively reported discovering a large number of East Sea Navy ships active near Scarborough Shoal to the west of Santa Cruz Province. The Philippine Navy had to strengthen its vigilance to prevent accidental incidents.
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