The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than four years and barely more than a partial truce has been achieved. The scenario has led some countries and alliances like it to decide to invest even more in Defense, as well as to carry out more exercises.
In this regard, the Philippines has hosted a large-scale military exercise, in which it is estimated More than 17,000 US and allied soldiers have participated, that a US official, as stated It is considered a rehearsal for combat in the Pacific.
This is an exercise carried out annually between the US and the Philippines, becoming an international drill within the framework of the rise of international conflicts.
According to Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, the exercise served as a “dress rehearsal of a multinational mission for the defense of the Republic of the Philippines” in a dangerous security environment.
One of the most striking issues about this mission is that it included some war elements that are currently used in the war in Ukraine, which serves as preparation for a possible expansion of the real conflict.
In addition to this, the exercise also focused on the defense of the beaches, the prohibition of access to enemy ships, as well as the use of resources such as missiles.
Devices such as drones with greater payload capacity were also tested to see concepts such as aerial refueling, playing with the winds to see how far the drones can go. Some of the elements that were deployed were rocket artillery, heavy machine guns, loitering ammunition or attack helicopters, among other examples.
As highlighted USNI News, Techniques such as counterinvasion, such as electronic warfare, are called under the name of ‘Littoral Deep Battle’which is fundamentally based on Ukraine’s use of its weapons against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
For this reason, one of the new features of this year’s exercise has been the inclusion of a command and control network specifically designed so that US forces, as well as their partners and allies, can communicate correctly, without Russia being able to interfere.
