May 28 (NHK) - Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has held its annual live-fire exercises at the foot of Mount Fuji in central Japan.
Some 2,500 personnel took part in the drills on Saturday at the GSDF's Higashi-Fuji training camp in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The premise of the exercises was a supposed invasion of a remote Japanese island. Reconnaissance personnel alighted from a helicopter and operated drones to surveil the surroundings.
They were followed by a rapid deployment brigade specializing in amphibious landing operations. The brigade fired from combat vehicles and studied tactics to retake the island. ...continue reading