The Balikatan exercises are a combined battle situation, including countering missile threats, conducting invasions at sea and sinking a decommissioned Philippine naval ship with missile strikes.

Exercises include defending against missile threats, preventing invasions at sea, and sinking a decommissioned Philippine navy vessel in a maritime strike test. “The full battle tests is ...

China has steadfastly opposed such war drills in or near the disputed South China Sea ... Philippine military statement described this year’s large-scale combat exercises as “a full-scale ...

Exercises include defending against missile threats, preventing invasions at sea, and sinking a decommissioned Philippine navy vessel in a maritime strike test. "The full battle tests is intended ...

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US and Philippine forces are to conduct their first “full battle test” for fighting ...