MANILA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines and the United States on Monday kicked off their large-scale annual joint military drills in the Southeast Asian country. The participants in the exercise, codenamed Balikatan 2022, include 3,800 Filipino and 5,100 U.S. military personnel, as wel...
Chen Hong, executive director of the Asia Pacific Studies Centre at East China Normal University in Shanghai, slammed the joint military exercise as a strategic maneuver by the Philippine government to align itself with the US in the cont...
Philippines and U.S. Start Military DrillsThe drills are being held during a time of increased tensions inthe South China Sea, with the...Whaley, Floyd
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in the "Joint Sword-2024B" military drills around Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this screenshot from a handout video released by the PLA Eastern Theatre Command on October 14, 2024.PLA EASTERN THEATRE COMMAND China has...
Ahead of joint military drills by the Philippines and the United States next week, China urged the Philippines on Wednesday to refrain from bringing countries outside the South China Sea into regional issues. "The Philippines should understand that drawing in countries outside the South China Sea ...
The drills come more than a week after the Chinese military said its air and naval forces conducted manoeuvres in a disputed area of the South China Sea, fanning tensions in a waterway that remains a volatile flashpoint in the region. Cimicata said the exercises were planned m...
Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and has vowed it will never rule out using force to take it, calling Monday’s drills a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the island. The joint US-Filipino exercises also come days after a collision between a Chinese and...
Philippines, US troops hold drills in South China Sea 如果您未看到影片,请安装Flash播放器 The US and nine navies from Southeast Asian countries are participating in annual joint military exercises in the South China Sea and the Phillipines.
The joint sails were envisioned in 2022 and 2023 to bring foreign partners into the South China Sea and Luzon Strait as a show of support. In August last year, Japan, US, Australia, and the Philippines had the same naval drills in the West Philippine Sea. ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, signed the legally binding General Security of Military Information Agreement in Manila at a time when the longtime treaty allies haveboosted their defense and military engagements, including la...