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DefenceTalkPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hold military exercises with China but not longtime ally the United States, Chinese media quoted him Monday as saying on the eve of a state visit. Duterte heads to Beijing on Tuesday for a four-day trip that appears set to cement his dramatic foreign policy tilt away from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/philippine-leader-open-to-war-games-with-china-russia-68411/

DefenceTalkIn an effort shore up its missile defense capabilities, the US military has conducted a massive electronic warfare exercise. The concern? Russian radar jamming technology. Last spring, the US Army conducted a highly classified exercise deep in the New Mexico desert. Held at White Sands Missile Range, the electronic warfare drills were designed to find […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-held-missile-defense-war-games-to-subvert-russian-jamming-65044/

DefenceTalkNATO flexed its muscles Thursday in Poland during the first full drill of its new spearhead force, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Around 2,100 soldiers from nine NATO states grouped in the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) took […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-flexes-muscles-in-poland-war-games-64565/

DefenceTalkRussia was conducting huge and unexpected war games on Tuesday, coinciding with a NATO drill in the Arctic at a time of heightened tensions in the region. The snap check launched on the orders of President Vladimir Putin involved up to 700 units of military hardware, 12,000 troops and up to 250 aircraft, the defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-and-west-hold-war-games-over-arctic-64348/

DefenceTalkThousands of American and Filipino soldiers on Monday will kick off expanded wargames, showcasing a deepening defence alliance as alarm bells ring over China. The 10-day exercises in the Philippines are an annual affair between the longtime allies, but this time they will involve double the number of soldiers as last year in a sign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-philippines-wargames-to-start-under-chinas-shadow-63896/

DefenceTalkRussia launched major military exercises Thursday, with thousands of troops taking part in war games across the country, including in the annexed Crimean peninsula and southern regions near Ukraine. More than 8,000 ground troops began drills set to last until early April in regions including southern Russia, Crimea, Armenia and the breakaway Georgian regions of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-troops-launch-mass-drills-close-to-ukraine-63493/

DefenceTalkTaiwan displayed how its fighter jets and early warning aircraft could land, refuel and take off on a closed motorway on Tuesday, in a scenario simulating a Chinese attack that wiped out the island’s air force bases. The exercise — the first of its kind since 2011 — was a reminder of lingering Chinese hostilities […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fighter-jets-land-on-taiwan-highway-in-china-attack-war-games-60601/

DefenceTalkNATO on Monday launched one of its largest military manoeuvres in the Baltic states since tensions spiked with neighboring Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Around 4,700 troops and 800 military vehicles from 10 countries including Britain, Canada and the United States are participating in the Sabre Strike exercises near the Latvian capital […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-launches-fresh-war-games-near-russia-border-59826/

DefenceTalkThousands of American and Philippine troops launched large annual exercises on Monday after US President Barack Obama vowed “ironclad” backing for its Asian ally, locked in a tense maritime row with China. Filipino Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said the 10-day drills were necessary to deal with the challenge of “aggressive” neighbours intent on “changing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-philippines-launch-war-games-after-obama-pledge-59495/