BANGKOK, Thailand More than 3,800 U.S. troops led 30 countries' forces and observers through Cobra Gold, the Pentagon's biggest Asian military exercise, trying to keep Thailand's coup-empowered army allied with Washington while Beijing increases its .
More than 3,800 U.S. troops are leading 30 countries' forces and observers through Cobra Gold, the Pentagon's biggest annual Asian military exercise and a return to normalcy after COVID sharply curbed operations in recent years.