MILITARY● ELEVATEDJun 22 · Jun 22, 2026, 10:00 AM
Japan’s latest live-fire drill is about offence, not defence: PLA Daily
South China Morning Post
China’s military mouthpiece on Monday warned that the weapons and operational methods seen in Japan’s largest annual live-fire drill symbolised the Self-Defence Force’s acceleration towards offensive capabilities as part of its military expansion. “Japan’s military forces will become more offensive, more dangerous and more oriented towards actual combat. Japan will race forward on the road of ‘re-militarisation’,” according to the article in PLA Daily. The warning came as tensions between...
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