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India: Pinaka Rocket Launchers Conduct Live-Fire Drill During India-US Military Exercise

Indian and US Army personnel conducted joint live-fire training during Yudh Abhyas 2026 at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan. Visuals show Indian Army Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers firing across the desert terrain as part of the exercise. The training focused on coordinated operations and interoperability between the two forces.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea hold East China Sea drill

Japanese Defense Ministry Joint Staff Operations Department chief Yoshiyasu Ishimaki (L) and U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost (C) speak to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2026, as Japan, the United States and South Korea launch a trilateral multidomain exercise in the East China Sea.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea hold East China Sea drill

Japanese Defense Ministry Joint Staff Operations Department chief Yoshiyasu Ishimaki (L) and U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost (C) speak to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2026, as Japan, the United States and South Korea launch a trilateral multidomain exercise in the East China Sea.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea hold East China Sea drill

Japanese Defense Ministry Joint Staff Operations Department chief Yoshiyasu Ishimaki (L) and U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost (C) speak to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2026, as Japan, the United States and South Korea launch a trilateral multidomain exercise in the East China Sea.

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Japan-France forces' joint drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's army conduct a joint drill simulating a battle in an urban area at the Ojojihara training ground in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Japan-France forces' joint drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's army conduct a joint drill simulating a battle in an urban area at the Ojojihara training ground in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Japan-France forces' joint drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's army conduct a joint drill simulating a battle in an urban area at the Ojojihara training ground in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) observes a joint disaster drill held by several municipality governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area, in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 1, 2026, the 103rd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Japan-U.S.-Australia joint drill in Darwin

Photo shows a missile being loaded onto an F-35B stealth fighter during the Southern Cross exercise jointly hosted by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force in Darwin, Australia, on July 9, 2026. Over 1,000 personnel from the three countries are taking part in the July 6-17 exercise to help strengthen security in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Japan-U.S.-Australia joint drill in Darwin

Photo shows a missile being loaded onto an F-35 stealth fighter during the Southern Cross exercise jointly hosted by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force in Darwin, Australia, on July 9, 2026. Over 1,000 personnel from the three countries are taking part in the July 6-17 exercise to help strengthen security in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Photo shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (front), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at Camp Hansen in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on June 30, 2026, the final day of the Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint defense drill. A total of 9,600 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Marine Corps personnel took part in the 11-day drill, conducted in Okinawa and the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Lt. Gen. Seiji Toriumi (R), commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Western Army, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force, during a press conference at the Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on June 30, 2026, the final day of the Resolute Dragon joint defense drill. A total of 9,600 GSDF and Marine Corps personnel took part in the 11-day drill, conducted in Okinawa and the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. drill to defend remote islands

Lt. Gen. Seiji Toriumi (R), commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Western Army, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force, during a press conference at the Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on June 30, 2026, the final day of the Resolute Dragon joint defense drill. A total of 9,600 GSDF and Marine Corps personnel took part in the 11-day drill, conducted in Okinawa and the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. joint firing drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps conduct a joint firing exercise on June 28, 2026, at the GSDF's Hijudai training range located across Kusu and surrounding areas in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. About 400 GSDF and Marine Corps personnel took part in the exercise, part of the Resolute Dragon joint defense drill, designed to strengthen capabilities to defense remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. joint firing drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps conduct a joint firing exercise on June 28, 2026, at the GSDF's Hijudai training range located across Kusu and surrounding areas in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. About 400 GSDF and Marine Corps personnel took part in the exercise, part of the Resolute Dragon joint defense drill, designed to strengthen capabilities to defense remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. joint defense drill

Colonel Richard Neikirk, commanding officer of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps, attends joint exercise Resolute Dragon designed to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai training range located across Kusu and surrounding areas in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 25, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. joint defense drill

Colonel Richard Neikirk, commanding officer of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps, attends joint exercise Resolute Dragon designed to strengthen capabilities to defend remote islands at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai training range located across Kusu and surrounding areas in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 25, 2026.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 6, 2026, criticizing launches by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces of anti-ship missiles during the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 6, 2026, criticizing launches by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces of anti-ship missiles during the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

A Japanese Self-Defense Forces mobile launcher for Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles moves during the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines, on May 6, 2026.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces prepare to launch Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles from a mobile launcher during the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines, on May 6, 2026.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, visit the site of the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines, on May 6, 2026.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (L and C), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, deployed for the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (L and C), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, deployed for the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken from a drone shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2025, during the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken from a drone shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2025, during the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.

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U.S.-Japan-S. Korea joint military drill

People stage a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Sept 15, 2025, as the U.S. military begins the 2025 Freedom Edge exercise with Japan and South Korea the same day.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

SAITAMA, Japan, Sept. 1 Kyodo - Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years. (Kyodo)

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) inspects a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during the closing ceremony of a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

A cross-prefecture disaster drill is conducted at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint military exercise

U.S. and South Korean military forces conduct a river-crossing drill during the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint exercise in Yeoju in Gyeonggi Province, near Seoul, on Aug. 27, 2025.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint military exercise

U.S. and South Korean military forces conduct a river-crossing drill during the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint exercise in Yeoju in Gyeonggi Province, near Seoul, on Aug. 27, 2025.

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Indonesia, U.S. forces hold joint combat drill

Military officers from the United States and Indonesia as well as a dozen other countries including Japan and Canada pose for photos during the opening ceremony of the annual joint military exercise Super Garuda Shield in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 25, 2025.

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM