US & Philippines hold war "Balikatan" drills across South China Sea

 U.S. and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades in the Philippines and its waters across the disputed South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions.

US- Sino CONFRONTATION OVER THE South China SEA

A heated air confrontation almost occurred between the United States and China after a Chinese fighter jet and a warship equipped with an attack payload intercepted a US Navy aircraft over the South China Sea, which is witnessing a struggle for influence between Beijing and Washington.

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