The war games are an immense provocation, a combined and coordinated simulation of war with China over Taiwan and the South ...

A decommissioned Philippine Navy warship of World War II vintage will be sunk as part of Balikatan 2025.

The United States and the Philippines initiated their annual Balikatan military exercises on Monday, signaling a show of force in a region fraught with geopolitical tension. With the drills set ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

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 ...

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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 ...