Skip to playerSkip to main contentSkip to footer
  • today
Philippines, US test air defenses during war games

US and Filipino forces conduct their first integrated defense drills in the northern Philippines, hours after China said it had seized control of a reef claimed by Manila.

In coastal Zambales province, hours north of the capital Manila, US Marine Corp's new MADIS short-range air defense system knocked drones from the sky.

AFP VIDEO

Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe
Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net

Follow us:
Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook
Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram
Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter
DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion

Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital

Check out our Podcasts:
Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify
Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts
Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic
Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer
Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher
Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein

#TheManilaTimes
#WorldNews
#Philippines
#USA
Transcript
00:00A
00:04A
00:10A
00:12A
00:14A
00:16A
00:18A
00:20A
00:24A
00:26So
00:56Thank you very much.
01:26We are very glad and fortunate to participate in this
01:38CAID and very good collaboration and interoperability with U.S. counterparts.
01:47I just want to say thank you to the people of the Philippines and to the armed forces
01:51of the Philippines for being such gracious hosts and giving us the opportunity to train
01:55shoulder to shoulder with them.
01:56This type of training is absolutely invaluable to us to be able to get out here to operate
02:00with our treaty ally and to be able to set up a defense like this and integrate all of
02:04our systems is just remarkable and we're really grateful for the opportunity.
02:08Today we're defending the coastline here.
02:10Again, F-850s flew out simulating cruise missiles, so the frigate engaged the cruise missiles.
02:17They turned around and started coming towards the shoreline, which Spider then integrated.
02:23And then we started flying drones against Mattis in defense of Spider.
02:29So as both the Marine Corps and the Armed Forces of the Philippines seek to modernize for peer
02:34competition, there's absolutely a complementary approach to this.
02:38So Mattis is short-range, Spider is more of a medium-range capability.
02:43They both engage different threats and the more we work together, they only seek to enhance
02:47our collective lethality.
02:49This is the first time we've used Mattis, so my formation was the first unit in the Marine
02:55Corps to receive Mattis.
02:56We just received it in December of last year and we rapidly transitioned to get it out here
03:01to support Valkyrie.
03:162
03:16Conditioning
03:27To

Recommended