PREVIOUS
✖
Balikatan joint military exercise 2025
April 24 , 2025
17 hrs 0 min
6
0
- Philippines is set to host the Balikatan joint military exercise involving the United States, Australia and Japan.
- The Exercise Balikatan is an annual training exercise conducted between the Philippines and United States since 2002.
- Japan is set to formally participate for the first time in this exercise.
- It will mainly focus on defending the islands of Palawan and Luzon, which are close to tense areas in the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait.
- Balikatan means “shoulder-to-shoulder” in Tagalog, a prominent Austronesian language.
- Moreover, nineteen countries have sent the observers for this year’s Balikatan exercises
- Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland and Colombia were the first to confirm sending observers.
Leave a Reply
Your Comment is awaiting moderation.