US and Philippines launch military drills with partners as China tensions mount
The United States military kicked off two weeks of multilateral exercises with its Philippine allies and multiple international partners on Monday amid rising tensions between Manila and Beijing over territorial disputes in the South China Sea....
![](https://kbin.life/media/cache/resolve/entry_thumb/50/5c/505c2ac57ef75f7149427f64f07d83b8cfd47be97450f2f5c6c939cfd3d38c1c.jpg)