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US forces wargamed defending a Pacific ally from invasion with layers ...
US forces wargamed defending a Pacific ally from invasion with layers of firepower. Here's how the drills played out. By Chris Panella You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Notable firsts include the use of Japan's Type-88 surface-to-ship missile system outside Japanese territory and the first launch of a Tomahawk missile from the Army's Typhon system abroad. US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jonathan Beauchamp The US military and its allies recently wargamed a Pacific fight, an invasion scenario. Balikatan 2026 featured missiles, drones, ship strikes, and counter-landing drills. The exercise included counter-invasion drills and a strike on a decommissioned Philippine vessel. Missiles, rockets, artillery, drones, and other weapons flew across the Philippines earlier this month in a large-scale military exercise that a top US commander described as a rehearsal for a Pacific fight. Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, said that Balikatan 2026, which brought over 17,000 US and allied troops together, served as a "full-scale multinational mission rehearsal for the defense of the Republic of the Philippines" in a "dangerous security environment." The exercise featured clear demonstrations of how these forces would fight in the first island chain.Balikatan was held from late April to early May in the Philippines. The annual US-Philippine exercise has grown into a broader multinational drill as Washington and its Pacific allies focus more heavily on regional threats and the risk of major conflict.This year's exercise centered on defending beaches, denying enemy ships access to key waters, connecting sensors to shooters, and leveraging missiles capabilities. It notably featured elements of the ongoing war in Ukraine, such as drones and electronic warfare.Ahead of a live-fire counter-landing exercise, US soldiers operating on the northern coast of Luzon practiced using lightweight low-altitude reconnaissance drones, including first-person-view drones, to find targets. Heavier payload-capable drones were used to test aerial resupply concepts. Soldiers trained in the shifting winds of the open coastal terrain. One American soldier said in an Army release that the training was meant to test how far the drones could go in those conditions and keep operators sharp on a "use-it or lose-it" skill. Over 17,000 military personnel were involved in this year's Balikatan. US Army photo by Spc. C...
US destabilizing factor in Asia-Pacific: China Daily editorial
US soldiers operate the 155mm and 105mm Howitzers during a live fire exercise in the annual joint military exercises between US and Philippine troops called "Balikatan" or shoulder-to-shoulder, at Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, May 6, 2024. [Photo/Agencies] Threats to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific are increasing as a result of the United States expanding its military presence in the region and persuading its allies to join it in its attempt to contain China. The provocative steps the US has taken include staging more frequent and increasingly sophisticated military exercises in the South China Sea and its incessant efforts to meddle in the Taiwan question, with the secessionist forces on the island being willing pawns in its games. Just a day prior to the People's Liberation Army starting naval exercises in the waters around Taiwan in a show of its resolve in response to the separatism-inflected inauguration speech of the island's new leader, the US and the Dutch navies conducted bilateral operations in the South China Sea. They claimed the joint exercises were aimed at "maintaining stability and free use of vital sea lanes in the 'Indo-Pacific'". The joint operations were held shortly after US and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years last month. Running until early May, they involved more than 16,000 of their military personnel, with another 250 French and Australian personnel also taking part in them. In particular, the deployment of a US ground-launched missile system to the northern Philippines as part of the exercises has raised concerns about escalating tensions in the region and the growing risk of misjudgment and miscalculation among regional countries. US "Indo-Pacific" Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo tried to pin the blame for the escalating tensions in the region on China, when he assumed office earlier this month, disingenuously claiming, "We must be ready to answer the PRC's increasingly intrusive and expansionist claims in the 'Indo-Pacific' region". This cannot but raise worries about what lies ahead in terms of Sino-US rivalry in the region, given that the US is upping its ante in challenging China's core interests concerning the Taiwan question and the South China Sea issues in the name of countering the alleged aggression from Beijing. The acts of attempted intimidation that are unsettling the region are initiated by the US, not China, whose actions are necessary responses to the US' attempted coe...
US and Japan Deploy Typhon and NMESIS in Resolute Dragon 2025 Drills ...
The United States and Japan have begun their large-scale military exercise Resolute Dragon 2025, running from September 11 to 25. The drills feature the first deployment of the U.S. Army's Typhon mid-range missile system to Japan, alongside testing of the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS).
Solitaire Playthrough Video: War in the Pacific - A WW2 Roll & Write ...
The year is 1942. Japan has rapidly expanded across the Pacific, bombing Pearl Harbor, capturing key territories, and threatening to dominate Asia. The United States, determined to halt this advanc…
