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00:00A balcony of China is watching the AFP's joint exercises on an island in the West Philippine Sea.
00:08The Philippines is trying to figure out how to recover an island.
00:12Witness, Chino Gaston.
00:17Riding a rubber boat from the BRP Ramon Algaraz,
00:20Navy SEALs and Coast Guards attacked the Kota Island in the West Philippine Sea.
00:24They are practicing how to attack and recover an island.
00:28This is part of the joint exercises of the Philippine Navy, Army, Air Force and Philippine Coast Guard
00:34for the AFP Joint Exercises Dagit Pa 2024.
00:39They also used the latest fast attack interdiction craft made by Israel
00:44as well as the Agusta Westland Helicopter.
00:47According to the AFP, the practice is not aimed at the country.
00:52We can say that we are warning our neighbors or any external forces there
00:59that we are capable of defending our islands.
01:02This is a test of our interoperability with our forces in the Philippines
01:08and the integration of all the capabilities of the Army, Air Force and Philippine Coast Guard.
01:14It is very crucial for us to enhance our capability right here
01:19in the West Philippine Sea.
01:22That is for us to show our firm resolve of defending our sovereignty and sovereignty.
01:29The exercise was held in the Kalayaan group of islands in the West Philippine Sea.
01:34In the middle of it, a corvette of the Chinese Navy approached and fired.
01:39The BRP Ramon Algaraz immediately challenged the Chinese.
01:45Chinese warship 629.
01:48This is Philippine Navy warship 16.
01:51You are entering in our exercise area.
01:53Leave the vicinity immediately. Over.
01:56The Chinese did not respond.
01:58But according to the AFP, they were not affected by the exercise.
02:04They were just watching.
02:09So our exercise was not interrupted.
02:16In the Philippine Rise, which is in the east of Luzon,
02:19two Chinese research vessels were spotted on Monday, according to the Philippine Navy.
02:23But they say that it is possible that they are just avoiding the so-called ships in the storm that happened there.
02:28Nothing to be scared of. Nothing to be alarmed about.
02:32As long as the situation in the West Philippine Sea is quiet, said the Philippine Coast Guard.
02:37There's a significant number of decrease of presence
02:42on the part of the Chinese government maritime forces
02:46because of the very bad weather condition in the West Philippine Sea.
02:50But in Himpapawit, there are more intrusion or foreign aircraft
02:55that illegally enter the Philippine airspace
02:58based on the monitoring of the 5th Fighter Wing of the Philippine Air Force.
03:02We are almost outside the 24 nautical mile limit.
03:06Sometimes they go near the 12 nautical mile limit,
03:10but maybe they are just testing us.
03:12And this is very concerning for us.
03:15It is difficult to say where the so-called aircraft came from,
03:19especially when they enter without permission.
03:23The so-called airplanes may be military or commercial.
03:26It is also difficult to make an interception
03:29on most of the foreign aircraft that enter the country's airspace
03:33because the Philippine Air Force has limited capabilities.
03:37It's very costly to intercept this intrusion,
03:41this aircraft, unmanned or manned.
03:44So we need to balance, we need to be selective.
03:47For GMA Integrated News, I'm Chino Gaston, your witness.
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