Saturday, August 20, 2005

Exercise craze

So far this month, there was Peace Shield 2005, held in the Ukraine region; armed forces from Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United States participated in scenarios based on Iraq.

Taiwan held an exercise which staged the repulsion of an attack from mainland China.

China and Russia are holding Peace Mission 2005 near Vladivostok, staging the amphibious invasion of an imaginary country.

Meanwhile, Japan hosted the annual JASEX military exercise near Okinawa, demonstrating U.S. capability in the reigion.

Also, Singapore hosted Operation Deep Sabre; Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, the U.K., and the U.S. participated in exercises simulating the interception of ships carrying WMD.

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