Japan has dispatched a Maritime Self-Protection Drive flotilla on a deployment to 11 Indo-Pacific international locations and one international territory as a part of joint naval workout routines with the USA and different international locations undertaken to counter a extra assertive China.
Within the annual deployment that started final Monday and can run by Oct. 28, the MSDF fleet will make port calls within the Pacific island nations of the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Fiji for the primary time, in accordance with the Protection Ministry.
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