Aust troops may join US-Filipino exercises

November 11, 2012 by legitgov

Aust troops may join US-Filipino exercises 12 Nov 2012 Philippine defence officials says they have discussed the possibility of Australian forces joining large-scale combat exercises between Filipino and American troops in the country. The Australian forces' possible inclusion in the annual "Balikatan" exercises, which involve thousands of American and Filipino troops, would expand the US-Philippine drills that have infuriated China whenever they were held in the past near the South China Sea. China and five other Asian countries have been locked in territorial disputes in the potentially oil-rich region.