The Japanese, U.S. and Philippine coast guards have held a joint drill in the South China Sea off the Bataan Peninsula west of Manila, as a part of the nations' first trilateral maritime exercises that began last week.In part of a scenario demonstrated to reporters Tuesday, members of the coast guards trained on countering armed resistance on board a vessel suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.A Philippine coast guard official said the three countries need to enhance maritime cooperation in engaging in search and rescue operations and co…READ FULL ARTICLE
