Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippines.
This year's exercise marks 40 years of joint drills aimed at strengthening the U.S. and Philippines' defense capabilities in the Indo-Pacific.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the war games, which span both hemispheres, are the largest of their kind in three decades.
Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels were sent to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in live-fire sinking drills.
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