[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines — The United States and the Philippines on Tuesday launch their largest combat exercises in decades that will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China. The annual drills by the longtime treaty allies called Balikatan … Read more
[ad_1] That dovetails with efforts by the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to defend its territorial interests in the South China Sea by boosting joint military exercises with the U.S. and allowing rotating batches of American forces to stay in more Philippine military camps under a 2014 defense pact. About 12,200 U.S military personnel, … Read more
[ad_1] Beijing: China on Monday said it has successfully completed its three-day large-scale fire and fury military drills “encircling” Taiwan, including the use of an aircraft carrier, aimed at showing its anger over the US House Speaker’s meeting with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen. The Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) successfully … Read more
[ad_1] Hyderabad: Mock drills have been conducted in places like the High court, Army AOC Centre, GAIL, and Police Batallion by the crew of fire stations under the ‘Telangana state Fire Safety Awareness Program’ in the state on Friday. An inspection and awareness program of hazardous premises has been taken in coordination with police and … Read more
[ad_1] Japanese government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said no damage was reported from the missile, which landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, about 125 miles west of Oshima island. Oshima lies off the western coast of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido North Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Friday threatened with “unprecedently” strong action against its rivals, … Read more
[ad_1] Seoul: North Korea said on Thursday it will take the “toughest reaction” to the US move to expand joint military exercises with South Korea. The North’s warning came US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Seoul earlier this week for talks with his South Korean counterpart and said there would be more deployments of strategic … Read more
[ad_1] In a statement attributed to an unidentified spokesperson of its Foreign Ministry, North Korea said the expansion of the allies’ drills is threatening to turn the Korean Peninsula into a “huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone.” The statement said the North is prepared to counter any short-term or long-term military challenge … Read more