Source: China – South China Morning PostThe Japanese and US navies have held their first-ever joint anti-submarine drill in the South China Sea in the latest sign of their closer defence ties.The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force said that two of its destroyers – JS Kaga and JS Murasame – and an Oyashio-class submarine had joined an American Aegis destroyer, the USS Milius, for Tuesday’s exercise, which also involved Japanese SH-60J helicopters and US and Japanese patrol aircraft.The three destroyers had taken part in another drill…Read More