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August 23, 2012 The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's largest live-fire training exercise, the Fuji Comprehensive Firepower Exercise, was opened to the public on the 26th at the Higashi-Fuji Training Area (Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture). It was the first integrated exercise to simulate island defense, and Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto also visited to inspect the exercise. Approximately 2,400 people participated in the exercise, with approximately 80 tanks and armored vehicles, approximately 80 artillery pieces, and approximately 30 aircraft. The latest Type 10 tank was shown firing for the first time. In the exercise, which was based on a scenario in which an enemy had invaded an island, the Air Self-Defense Force's F2 fighter jets attacked with air-to-ship missiles, and the Ground Self-Defense Force's troops intercepted the enemy that had partially landed, and the MSDF's P3C patrol aircraft participated for the first time. Purchase footage here https://www2.jiji.com/f/enq/form.php?...