Japan sends message to China, US with largest military drill in 30 years


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Japan ’s largest military drill in nearly 30 years is primarily an exercise in transporting heavy weapons and materiel to the country’s southwest, regarded as the most likely site of a clash with a neighbouring nation, in what analysts say is a much-needed logistical exercise as well as a message to China and the United States . The Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) exercise began on Wednesday and will involve units across the country until the end of November – including some 100,000 personnel, 20,000 surface vehicles, and 120 aircraft from all three branches of the Japanese military, as well...