U.S. Japan and PH conduct Maritime Drills after China Declare Scarborough as a Maritime Reserve

The combined armed and defense forces of Japan, the Philippines and the United States, conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, this weekend, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional, and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
These combined maritime capabilities, build upon previous Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activities, and their continuous operations together. Which strengthen, the interoperability of their armed and defense forces doctrines, tactics, techniques, and procedures. MCAs are conducted in a manner consistent with international law and with due regard to the safety, navigational rights, and freedoms of all nations.
The exercises came just days after Beijing declared plans to establish a marine reserve at Scarborough Shoal, a move Manila denounced as illegal, since the shoal lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The proposed nature reserve would cover the entire north-eastern side of the atoll, close to the only entrance for larger vessels.
There is likely to be scepticism and international concern about China's underlying motives. There have long been expectations China might one day build an island on Scarborough Shoal, as it has on seven submerged reefs in the Spratly Islands, some equipped with radar, runways and missile systems.


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