Participating U.S. forces included the Arleigh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence and a maritime ...

The United States and its allies in the Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and Australia, held a live-fire drill to counter China's island landing operations in the disputed South China Sea.

Although not explicitly naming China, the drills come amid growing ... ministry has consistently condemned the Balikatan exercises as destabilising, accusing the US of fuelling tensions and ...

The US military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on Batan Island in the Philippines, as Marines unloaded the high-precision weapon on the northern tip of the ...

China has criticised ... in the “Balikatan” drill which began on Monday and, for the first time, includes an integrated air and missile defence simulation. US anti-ship missile system ...

The US and the Philippines kicked off their flagship annual military drills Monday, touted as a “rehearsal” for Manila’s defense amid ongoing tensions with China. Billed as the “Super Bowl ...

China on Monday said the joint military drills by the US and the Philippines “undermine regional strategic stability.” “The Philippines, in collusion with external countries, has been ...

The mock battle scenarios under the annual Balikatan military exercises between the United States and the Philippines over ...

The BRP Miguel Malvar, which was decommissioned by the Philippine navy in 2021, took on water while being towed in rough ...

the US and Philippines have kicked off their largest-ever joint Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises, including drills simulating“full-scale battle scenarios” with China.

MANILA: The US and the Philippines will start their flagship annual military drills Monday (April 21), touted as a "rehearsal” for the defence of the nation amid ongoing tensions with China.

China has fiercely opposed the combat drills as provocative. Its aircraft carrier group sailed by a few days earlier near Batanes, where the U.S. military had deployed the Navy Marine ...