FILIPINO and American Marines will conduct beach landing exercises on Tuesday as the biggest war exercises in 15 years between the two allied countries get underway.

This year’s Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder), to be participated in by about 12,000 troops, is conducted amid heightened tensions sparked by China’s reclamation works in disputed areas in the South China Sea.

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