MANILA, April 22 -- State-of-the-art assets of the Philippines and United States militaries will participate in a "maritime strike live-fire exercise" (maritime strike LFX) scheduled for May 8 in the province of Ilocos Norte.

In an advisory Monday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that the event would take place at the La Paz Sand Dunes in Laoag City.

AFP assets involved in the maritime strike LFX include a Jose Rizal-class guided missile frigate along with its C-Star anti-ship missile system, multi-purpose attack craft armed with the Spiker ER surface-to-surface missiles, the FA-50PH light jet fighters equipped with the air-to-ground Maverick missiles, the A-29B "Super Tucano" close-air support aircraft, the Cessna 2...