Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed the new Type 25 surface-to-ship missile system to the Εnohara training area in Nagasaki Prefecture and rehearsed anti-ship strikes using targeting information from U.S. forces and higher headquarters during Keen Sword 27, Japanβs largest joint field exercise with the United States, the GSDFβs Western Army said. The Western Army [β¦]
A Typhoon uncrewed surface vessel built by California-based Splash Industries demonstrated naval interception during a drone demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on Oct. 21, 2026, as part of the Keen Sword 27 exercise between U.S. forces and the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The demonstration put the small, fast drone boat through an intercept [β¦]
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters from Alaska are operating from Tsuiki Air Base on Japanβs southern island of Kyushu as part of Keen Sword 27, the largest iteration so far of the biennial U.S.-Japan military exercise. A photo released by the U.S. military shows an F-22 from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron parked [β¦]
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, on Oct. 16, 2026, with the cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) and the destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73), as the strike group prepares for the U.S.-Japan exercise Keen Sword. The three ships of Carrier Strike Group 9 pulled into Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, [β¦] 
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