US joins SE Asia piracy drills
Drills will take place in Malacca and Singapore Straits.
Navy joins multinational piracy exercise in Southeast Asia
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The United States and six other nations kicked off a five-day naval exercise Monday aimed at combating piracy and other crimes in Southeast Asia’s heavily trafficked waters.
The Singapore-based Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training Exercise, or SEACAT, comes as piracy appears to be increasing in the South China Sea, where trillions of dollars in global trade transit annually.
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Source: stripes.com
