Carlos Del Toro said Friday that the major multination military training exercise launched in Australia sends a message to China. The United States and South Korea also launched separate bilateral drills on Monday that will continue through April 28. U.S. and French troops who are in Romania as part of a NATO battlegroup held a military exercise to test the alliance’s eastern flank defenses. North Korea for decades has described the United States’ combined military exercises with South Korea as rehearsals for a potential invasion. "The Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana does not look like Southeast Asia,” Flynn said. “But these eight Hawaiian Islands certainly do.” The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday. China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan. NATO defense ministers are discussing ways to bolster forces and deterrence along the military alliance’s eastern borders to dissuade Russia from planning further aggression. By Samuel Petrequin, AP
23 months ago Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli suggested more joint exercises, but not necessarily more permanent basing. This was the inaugural exercise for the new Marine littoral regiment. Load More