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

The U.S. and the Philippines, which have formed an alliance under a mutual defense treaty, are conducting Exercise Balikatan ...

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 ...

China has frowned on such war drills in or near the disputed South China ... “We’re talking about a full battle test." US Marine Corps Colonel Doug Krugman of the 1st Marines Expeditionary ...

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 ...

China on Tuesday condemned recruitment adverts by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) asking disillusioned Chinese ...

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

Beijing on Tuesday said the United States used ‘various despicable methods to steal secrets of other countries, interfere in ...

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.

Philippines Calls Joint US Drills 'Defense Rehearsal' as China Tensions Simmer By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The United States is deploying around 9,000 troops to the Philippines for this year ...

US and Philippine Joint Combat Drills Show Trump Is Not Scaling Back on South China Sea Region MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 14,000 American and Filipino forces will take part in battle ...