美国和菲律宾军队每年都在巴利卡坦举行大规模的军事演习. U.S. and Filipino troops hold massive annual Balikatan drills.

超过17,000名美菲军人在参加每年在菲律宾举行的巴利卡坦军事演习, 这是该地区最大的联合演练之一. More than 17,000 U.S. and Filipino troops are participating in the annual Balikatan military exercises in the Philippines, one of the largest joint drills in the region. 演习包括实弹导弹试验,空中和海上作战. The exercises, involving allies like Japan and Canada, include live-fire missile tests and air and sea operations. 官员强调演习是防御性的, 并不是针对任何特定的国家, Officials emphasize the drills are defensive and not directed at any specific country, though tensions remain high with China over the South China Sea.