[Video] U.S. latest weapon, Japanese long-range missile deployed... Largest joint exercise ‘showing off alliance’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) 'Kinsword', a regular joint military exercise between the Japan Self-Defense Force and the US military, has been held on the largest scale ever throughout Japan since the 19th.

The training, which will be held until the 29th, is attracting attention as a new concept training that encompasses areas newly highlighted in recent wars, such as space, cyber, and electromagnetic waves, in addition to existing landing and amphibious operations and missile defense training.

Training is being conducted focusing on Kyushu and the Nansei Islands with the goal of strengthening deterrence against China in mind.

Korea was not able to participate as an observer in the Kinsword exercise, which is the largest-scale exercise in which 45,000 Self-Defense Forces and 12,000 US soldiers were mobilized, and five countries, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the Philippines, participated.

The U.S. military brought in the anti-ship missile launcher 'NMESIS' and the short-range air defense system 'MADIS' for the first time to Yonaguni Island in the Nansei Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, the westernmost tip of Japan.

Japan also deployed its first long-range missile, the Type 25 surface-to-ship guided missile, in actual training for the first time. For more details, please watch the video.