The ships of the times are drowned in World War II before they are drowned as a targeted practice in the training of the United States of Filipino

A World War I Philippine military officials said the Philippine navy to use it as a target in a combat exercise by the American and Philippine forces accidentally before the imaginary attack, which led to the cancellation.

The BRP Miguel Malvar, which was stopped by the Philippine Navy in 2021, took the water while pulling it in the harsh waters facing the disputed South China Sea and drowned about 30 nautical miles off the western province of Zamalis. The Philippine army said that no one was on board when the ship was listed and then sank.

American and Philippine forces will move with other live maneuvers off Zamalis on Monday, despite the early drowning of the Mawar. The Philippine Captain John Persie Alcous said that the ship built a periodic ship for the American Navy in the 1940s and was transported to the navy, Vietnam, before the Philippine army acquired it.

“It is a 80 -year -old ship that was not able to withstand the harsh seas,” Lieutenant -Colonel John Paul Salgado told the Associated Press.

The ship was originally named by USS BrattleBoro, and the ship was in service to the American Navy for more than 20 years. He was strongly involved in Battle of Okinawa Where the ship treated more than 200 men with bad injuries and saved more than 1,000 survivors of the sinking ships, ” According to the American Navy. Bratburu got three stars battle during World War II.

The US Navy said that the ship was sold to the Republic of Vietnam in 1966. The Filipino navy acquired and renewed after its crew fled after the fall of 1975 from Seigon, according to France Pancain.

Shipping exercises were planned in a naval area facing Scaroro Shawwal, who was closely guarding the Chinese and Navy Coast Guard and suspected militia ships.

The Philippines also claims that fishing, which is located about 137 miles to the west of Zamalis. The Chinese and Philippine forces have faced increasingly hostile confrontations in the water and the air field in Scarburo in recent years.

The allied allies were supposed to be the third treaty allied in recent years. It was supposed to be one of the most prominent events in the annual military exercises of the United States and the Philippines from April 21 to May 9, with about 14,000 participants in the American and Philippine forces.

For the shoulder, combat exercises, for the shoulder, are known to defend Filipino sovereignty in the face of China’s growing aggression in the South China Sea, which is almost entirely Beijing.

The scenes of the fake battle that have been organized so far, including the restoration of an island of hostile forces, have reflected assurances by the Trump administration, including Defense Minister Beit Higseth, that the United States will commit to its commitment to defend the Philippines if the Philippine forces are in an arms attack, including the South China Sea.

On Sunday, the American, Australian and Philippine forces practiced the return of an island from hostile forces in the coastal town of Balbak in the western Balawan province, facing the South China Sea.

Saljado said that the Japanese and British Marines joined observers of the combat exercise, which “offered the growing interim operation and cohesion between the partner countries in maintaining regional security.”

“What we have seen since his return to the White House is a noticeable level of continuity in the American Filipins alliance not only in joint military training, but also on the American statements that the alliance is” iron. “

“The Trump administration is trying to maintain pressure on China by supporting the Philippines,” said Grossman.

China strongly opposed such exercises that include American forces in or near The South China Sea Or Taiwan, the island’s democracy, which Booking Beijing As a boycott and threatened the attachment by force if necessary.

However, US and Philippine military officials insisted that combat exercises were not into account with China in mind but rather a deterrent of aggression in the region.