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Officials say the regularly scheduled annual military maneuvers weren’t directed against any country. But they come amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China.

CAPAS, Philippines (AP) — Truck-mounted launchers blasted off rockets and U.S. stealth fighter jets streaked across the northern Philippine sky on Thursday in a combat drill that marked the latest display of American firepower in a region where Washington has tried to deter what it warns as China’s growing aggression.

CAPAS, Philippines (AP) — Truck-mounted launchers blasted off rockets and U.S. stealth fighter jets streaked across the northern Philippine sky on Thursday in a combat drill that marked the latest display of American firepower in a region where Washington has tried to deter what it warns as China’s growing aggression.

Officials say the military drills are not directed at any country, though they come at a time of tension with China.

The live-fire exercises in a bombing range in a valley in Capas town north of Manila on Thursday were the highlight of two weeks of combat readiness maneuvers involving more than 2,500 American and Philippine marines.