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Title:
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Filipino troops ready for ‘worst-case’ in dispute with China
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Author:
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Julie M. Aurelio and Tarra Quismundo
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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February 21, 2016
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Description:
- FORT GREGORIO DEL PILAR, Philippines—The chief of the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Palawan-based Filipino troops had planned for “the worst-case scenario” and were monitoring China’s reported deployment of surface-to-air missiles in the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.