Japan, US expand military exercises near Taiwan with anti-ship missiles, air defenses

Japan and the United States will rehearse moving anti-ship missiles, air defences and communications networks onto islands near Taiwan this month in an expanded military exercise that analysts said could complicate Beijing’s planning for a Taiwan or East China Sea conflict. Keen Sword 27, which runs…

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