MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy will soon expand its naval force units overseeing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and waters near Taiwan to better defend the country’s interests amid China’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Corregidor and in the foxholes of Bataan the strict procession of days marched on with a deadly, thundering sameness. The Jap, scorned in his offer of “honorable surrender,” was back at ...

MANILA – The Philippines and the United States kicked off their biggest military exercises on Monday to conduct for the first time a “full battle test,” where capabilities of both forces will be ...

A Chinese aircraft carrier battle group has been spotted near the northern ... international concern over China's activities in the South China Sea and around Taiwan. The Chinese naval formation, led ...