US, Japan, Australia plan South China Sea drill

[gubbi]

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US, Japan, Australia plan South China Sea drill

TOKYO, July 8, 2011 (AFP) - - The US, Japanese and Australian navies will Saturday hold a joint drill in the South China Sea -- most of which China claims as its maritime territory -- Japan's defence ministry said.

Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force will send destroyer Shimakaze to join a US Navy destroyer and a Royal Australian Navy patrol boat for communications training and other drills off Brunei, the defence ministry said Friday.

It will be their first joint military exercise in the South China Sea, most of which an increasingly assertive China claims as its maritime territory, but where several Southeast Asian nations have competing claims.

"The exercise is aimed at enhancing tactical skills of the Maritime Self-Defence Force and strengthening relations with the participating navies," the ministry said in a statement

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Interesting.

[Tractor]

Really interestng,drill for drilling? Whatever let them do what they plan to do,just oil must be transported to mainland China.

[REEVER]

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CHINA wont do "jack" USA is parading around in there territory with its buddies and they will LIKE IT. Vietnam and the Philippines will like slight of hand the us is doing. (: how many ships will be partaking in this yacht party