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Posted on February 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
US-Philippine military exercises are defensive, ensuring readiness and regional security amid China's concerns over US missile deployments.
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S.-Philippine military exercises are longstanding, "purely defensive" and intended to maintain force readiness and preserve regional security, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Saturday.
The spokesperson was responding in an email to a request for comment after China's defence ministry urged Manila on Friday to withdraw U.S. "Typhon" intermediate-range missiles.
Temporary deployments of U.S. missile capabilities in the Philippines are responsive to growing threats, intended to maintain force readiness and to preserve regional security and stability for all, the spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee; Editing by William Mallard)
The article discusses US-Philippine military exercises aimed at maintaining defense readiness and regional security.
They are conducted to maintain force readiness and preserve regional security amid growing threats.
China has urged the Philippines to withdraw US missile deployments.
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