⚡️Amidst an uptick in Chinese coercive measures in the South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines have announced that they will conduct a joint Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity alongside the air and naval forces of the United States, Japan, and Australia inside the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) today, February 5. The 6th such activity of its kind comes amidst continuous Chinese aggressive measures within the Filipino EEZ in the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.