The United States has given the Philippine military four sea drones to help it spot potential threats in its waters, as Washington’s ally tackles Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea.
The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines said in a statement on June 23 that the supply of the Ocean Aero Triton drones, together valued at $13 million, demonstrated Washington’s commitment to Manila and to a “free and open Indo-Pacific.”
In recent years, the Chinese regime has acted with increasing belligerence in the South China Sea, asserting what it claims are its rights over areas such as Scarborough Shoal, also known as Bajo de Masinloc, despite a 2016 adjudication by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). …
US Gives Philippines 4 Sea Drones to Help Keep Indo-Pacific ‘Free and Open’
