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Two Philippine Air Force airmen study a monitor as a US Air Force master sergeant assists during an air defence exercise

US and Philippine forces hold first joint air and missile defence planning exercise

Planners at Fort Bliss modelled simultaneous cruise missile, drone and ballistic missile attacks on the Philippines and set up a framework for annual joint air defence planning.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 2 min read

Curved grey multi-storey Okinawa Prefectural Assembly building under a clear sky, with trees and people on a paved plaza in front

Indo-Pacific

Okinawa assembly demands overhaul of US forces pact after Marine murder arrest

Okinawa lawmakers voted 45-2 for protest texts to Washington and Tokyo seeking changes to suspect-handover rules, as Japan's defence minister said US curfew steps showed serious intent.

TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 3 min read

Japanese soldiers stand beside a wheeled Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle on an air base apron

Indo-Pacific

Japan's top officer says Keen Sword will go ahead unchanged despite Okinawa Marine murder case

Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura says the 19-29 October drill, which puts US anti-ship missiles on Yonaguni near Taiwan, stays on track as Okinawa curfews begin.

TaiwanDefence · 10h ago · 2 min read

A guarded entrance gate to a US Marine Corps base with yellow barriers, a sign reading Camp Courtney Gate 1, a fence and a small guardhouse under a blue sky.

Indo-Pacific

US forces on Okinawa halt routine operations for 48 hours and impose curfew after Marine murder arrest

All US military personnel on the island stand down from noon on 7 October to noon on 9 October for discipline training, followed by a 30-day midnight curfew, after a Futenma-based Marine was arrested in a Naha killing.

TaiwanDefence · 2d ago · 3 min read

Aerial view of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and the surrounding city of Ginowan in Okinawa.

Indo-Pacific

Japan's defence minister to meet Okinawa governor as Marine murder case strains US basing

Shinjiro Koizumi will meet Governor Genta Koja on Wednesday on preventing a repeat after a Futenma-based US Marine was arrested over the killing of a Naha woman.

TaiwanDefence · 3d ago · 3 min read