Thailand Hosts War Games With Biggest US Attendance in Decade
- US sends more than 6,000 military personnel to Cobra Gold
- Drill signals stronger US-Thai ties amid geopolitical tensions
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Thailand kicked off an international military exercise with the biggest US attendance in a decade as Washington seeks to build on ties with a key security partner at a time of rising global geopolitical competition with Beijing.
The Cobra Gold military drill in Thailand, which runs from Feb. 28 to March 10, is the largest joint military exercise in mainland Asia involving 30 countries. It has been running for more than four decades and this year was billed as a return to full-scale drills after the pandemic.