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Keen Sword 27: MCAS Iwakuni Drone Demo
A Typhoon unmanned surface vessel demonstrates interception techniques during an unmanned systems demonstration as part of Exercise Keen Sword 27 (KS27), at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 22, 2026. The demonstration was a part of the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research a
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A Typhoon unmanned surface vessel demonstrates interception techniques during an unmanned systems demonstration as part of Exercise Keen Sword 27 (KS27), at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 22, 2026. The demonstration was a part of the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Maritime Big Play sponsored Port Defense experimentation. Keen Sword is a routine, biennial bilateral field training exercise with multinational participation, designed to increase readiness and interoperability between the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan Alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Isaac De Leon)
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