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Two of the dozens of videos released by the U.S. Defense Department were taken near Japan, including one that shows an object 'that resembles a football-shaped body.'

Two of the dozens of videos released by the U.S. Defense Department were taken near Japan, including one that shows an object 'that resembles a football-shaped body.'

Several of the drills were conducted in northern Philippine areas facing Taiwan and the South China Sea, locations increasingly seen as central to deterrence planning.

The launches hit a mock enemy ship — the decommissioned Philippine Navy's Quezon corvette — about 75 kilometers off the shores of Paoay, Ilocos Norte, in the country's northwest.

The U.S. military said it battled Iranian forces and sank six small boats as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates said Iran fired missiles and drones its way.

Pyongyang's battlefield experience, ability to project force overseas and increasingly rapid weapons development cycles are worrying trends, the head of U.S. Forces Korea says.