US, Philippines troops fire Javelins in largest joint war games

A Filipino soldier carries a Javelin shoulder-launched anti-tank missile during a joint military exercise between the US and Philippines on April 13, 2023. - AP

PALAYAN, Philippines (AFP): US and Philippine troops held anti-tank missile exercises on Thursday (April 13), as the allies stepped up their largest war games, which have already drawn China's ire.

Under a plume of black smoke, three cars parked on scrubland were crushed by missiles fired from about 600m (0.37 miles) away by three soldiers at a military base in the north of the Philippines.