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With assault weapons ready, U.S. and Filipino marines sprang from amphibious vehicles and transport helicopters to defend an island from potential aggressors in a war exercise and show of American firepower.

The drill was staged on Thursday in the northern Philippines.

The mock combat, watched by invited journalists, ended with the allied forces successfully securing the island before it could be seized by invaders in a clear warning to would-be aggressors in a region with multiple trouble spots.

Across the sea border from the venue in far-flung Claveria town, for one, lay China and Taiwan, a potential flashpoint that has caused alarm in Asia and beyond.

(AP)

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