‘Balikatan’ 2026 to include ship-sinking drill

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino, American, and Japanese troops will stage a high-profile ship-sinking drill off Ilocos Norte during this year’s “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) war games from April 20 to May 8 as the exercises expand into a broader multidomain operation combining live-fire combat drills with cyber and other nonkinetic activities. The “sinking exercise” (Sinkex), one of […]... Keep on reading: ‘Balikatan’ 2026 to include ship-sinking drill

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