War Games Continue: Philippines to Allow US to Use Eight Military Bases

SputnikNews.com
15.01.2016

The Philippines will offer the US military use of eight bases, a military spokesman said Wednesday after the country’s Supreme Court supported a security agreement with Washington; the deal was implemented following the onset of rising tensions with China.

The facilities include the former US Clark airbase and air and naval facilities on the southwestern island of Palawan, which faces the South China Sea. Military spokesman Colonel Restituto Padilla said the facilities would be used to store equipment and supplies.

The decision permits the full implementation of the Enhanced Defense Co-operation Agreement (EDCA), signed in 2014 but not applied due to legal challenges from groups opposed to US military involvement in the Philippines, a US colony from 1898 to 1946, according to Defense News.

>It envisions more US troops being rotated through the Philippines for war games and outlines how the US will help Manila build military facilities.

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