The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold joined its Australian and British counterparts for a two-day exercise in the South China Sea as the U.S. military continues multiple drills across the Indo-Pacific.

The United States condemned the "dangerous" manoeuvres of a Chinese navy helicopter that endangered the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, its ambassador to Manila said on Wednesday.

The U.S. condemned Wednesday "dangerous maneuvers" by China after a Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine plane in the South China Sea.

The United States has condemned Chinas dangerous actions after a Chinese navy helicopter allegedly performed reckless maneuvers near a Philippine government aircraft patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the