World Apr 01 China launches large-scale military drills around Taiwan By Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, Associated Press
World Mar 10 North Korea fires ballistic missiles into sea after the U.S. and South Korea began military drills South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s southwestern Hwanghae province. It called the weapons close-range but didn't say how far they flew. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
World Jun 22 U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for drills amid elevated North Korean threat A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press
World May 27 U.S. lawmakers pledge support for Taiwan and its new president amid China’s military drills Taiwan's new foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung, noted the recent Chinese drills and called the American delegation's visit "an important gesture of solidarity" at a critical time. By Johnson Lai, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press
World May 06 Russia threatens Britain with retaliation if involvement in Ukraine war deepens Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials. By Associated Press
Dec 18 North Korea resumes weapons testing with launch of long-range missile By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Monday's launch is the North's second weapons firing in less than a day. It comes as North Korea vows retaliatory steps against the U.S. and South Korea for their decision to boost their nuclear deterrence plans. Continue reading
Sep 12 Australian and Indonesian forces deploy battle tanks in combat drills amid Chinese concern By Fadlan Syam, Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Sunday's drills come as the U.S. administration has been strengthening an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to reassure allies alarmed by Beijing's increasingly provocative actions in the disputed South China Sea. Continue reading
Aug 27 U.S. Marine Osprey crash in Australia kills 3, critically injures 5 during training drills By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said. Continue reading
Apr 11 WATCH: Blinken and Austin hold briefing after meeting with Filipino counterparts By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin held a news briefing as American and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades in the Philippines and its waters across the disputed South China Sea. Continue reading
Mar 22 North Korea fires cruise missiles as South Korea, U.S. stage drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea has launched cruise missiles just days after it carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea to protest its military drills with the United States. Continue reading