Philippines May Ask U.S. to Send Spy Planes to South China Sea
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The Philippines may ask the U.S. to deploy spy planes to monitor areas of the South China Sea following an increase in incidents amid a territorial dispute with China, a presidential spokesman said.
“There is no aggressive intent and it should not be seen as a provocation,” Ricky Carandang, President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman, said by telephone from Manila today. The Philippines would need U.S. P3 Orion planes because the nation doesn’t have aircraft with spying capabilities, Reuters reported yesterday, citing comments Aquino made in an interview.