SDF launches U.S. military base protection drill

SDF launches U.S. military base protection drill

ZAMA, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) vehicles enter the U.S. Army's Zama base in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 6, the first day of a nine day SDF drill on guarding U.S. military bases in Japan in emergencies. Protecting the bases is authorized under recent revisions to the SDF law.

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