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U.S., Japan start computer-based Resilient Shield 2021 exercise by Ed Adamczyk Washington DC (UPI) Feb 22, 2021 Resilient Shield 2021, a computer-based drill involving the United States and Japan, began on Monday, a week after Chinese ships trespassed in Japanese waters. The exercise is focused on U.S. naval tactics, techniques and procedures for ballistic missile defense, or BMD, and making sure that Japanese and U.S. forces are well-rehearsed at their execution, the Navy said Monday in a press release. The annual event this year involves over 77 command centers of the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces in a four-day exercise, Navy officials said. The Navy's 7th Fleet headquarters at Yokosuka, Japan, is the lead command center. "Resilient Shield provides U.S. and Japanese watch-standers a unique opportunity to refine theater BMD tactics, techniques and procedures and build bilateral capabilities essential to regional missile defense," Cmdr. Jeremy Carlson, commanding officer of the Navy destroyer USS Benfold, said Monday in a press release. Military collaborations between the United States and Japan are frequent. In February, the U.S. Navy announced the completion of a nine-day mine warfare exercise off the Japanese coast designed to increase mutual proficiency in mine countermeasure operations. Resilient Shield 2021 comes at a time of heightened tension in the region. Ships of the Chinese coast guard entered the East China Sea in waters claimed by Japan near the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyutai Islands last week. The vessels traveled into an area near Minami-kojima, part of the Senkaku chain, before departing the area after Japanese coast guard units arrived. China and Japan both claim the islands and have clashed over territorial claims, and Tokyo lodged a protest over the incident. On Feb. 10, the White House revealed that U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by telephone with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with China's "increasingly assertive actions in the region" a topic of discussion.
China confirms four died; Shares dramatic video of mountain clash with India Beijing (AFP) Feb 20, 2021 Dramatic footage released by Chinese state media purportedly shows deadly clashes between troops at the Indian border last year - a rare insight into violence at the tense, remote frontier. China's defence ministry on Friday named four soldiers killed in the brawl, in the first confirmation of deaths by Beijing from an incident that also claimed the lives of at least 20 Indian soldiers. Footage later released by state broadcaster CCTV appeared to show Indian troops wading through a river toward ... read more
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