Significance The Biden administration has repeatedly said that any attack on Philippine ships or aircraft would bring the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) into play. Impacts It could take up to ten years for new arms purchases to be delivered and fully integrated into the country’s military. China will refrain from occupying and building artificial islands on Philippine-claimed atolls. US Navy ships will not escort rotation and resupply missions to the Philippine garrison on Second Thomas Shoal.
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