U.S. and Philippines to hold largest drills in history as a message to China

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U.S. and Philippines to hold largest drills in history as a message to China

The United States and the Philippines are set to begin the largest military drill that the two nations have ever held on Tuesday…The drills, known as the Balikatan Ex…

U.S. and Philippines to hold largest drills in history as a message to China

The United States and the Philippines are set to begin the largest military drill that the two nations have ever held on Tuesday…The drills, known as the Balikatan Exercise, will last for 17 days, and involve nearly 18,000 personnel from both the U.S. and the Philippines. This comes in response to the growing tensions between the U.S. and China, which rose to new heights when Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-Wen, recently met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California.

 

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