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Military exercise "Keen Sword" (11-19 November) in Japan started

Joint training for the Japanese and US military

The military exercise called "Keen Sword" (which can be translated into a sharp sword) starts today. This is a biennial joint training organized by the Japanese and US armed forces and which takes place in various Japanese locations.The Tokyo Ministry of Defense has published some numbers relating to the exercise in question: there will be over 26,000 Japanese soldiers involved in the operations and...

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Tokyo, Japan, 11/11/2022 14:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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