Assuming invasion of remote islands Ground Self-Defense Forces large-scale shooting exercise August 25, 15:01
As the defense posture in the Nansei Islands is strengthening, the Ground Self-Defense Force has released a large-scale live-fire shooting exercise that is supposed to deal with the invasion of remote islands.
The exercises held at the Higashifuji Exercise Area in Shizuoka Prefecture included approximately 2400 members and approximately 80 vehicles including tanks and mobile combat vehicles.
This is the largest live-fire shooting exercise that the Ground Self-Defense Force has released every year. It was assumed that in preparation for the invasion of the remote islands, troops would be arranged and dealt with in advance.
In the exercises, the response units will be deployed in advance to prevent landing, and after landing, a series of countermeasures will be released that will be supported by the specialized units equipped with amphibious vehicles and parachute descending units from the sea and the sky. did.
In addition, this time, we have taken into account electronic warfare that is conducted to confuse the opponent's command system. Regarding defense of remote islands, in March this year, the Ground Self-Defense Force troops were deployed on Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture. It is.