[nidokidos] Japan holds a live-fire military exercise of Mount Fuji

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Japan holds a live-fire military exercise of Mount Fuji   1. Japanese Ground Self-Defence Forces tanks move through an umbrella of barrage during an annual live fire exercise  at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba, at the foot of Mount Fuji 2. Tracer bullets ricochet off their targets as Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force armoured tanks fire machine guns during an annual night training session in front of Mount Fuji 3. A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force launches a hand-held anti-tank rocket during the annual live-firing exercise at the Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo 4. Soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Forces descend from helicopters during the annual military exercise 5. Soldiers prepare to be carried by a rope on a Chinook helicopter 6. Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force soldiers are carried by a rope from a CH-47J Chinook helicopter 7. An Apache attack helicopter from Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force fires a missile 8. A Type 74 armoured tank fires during the annual training session 9. An anti-land mine missile is launched during the annual live-firing exercise 10. Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force Type 74 and Type 90 armoured tanks fire on targets during the annual night training session

 Japan Holds Military Drill

The Japanese Self Defence Forces (JSDF) demonstrated their military capabilities in an annual drill at the foot of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture on Tuesday

. The live-fire exercise involved some 2,400 soldiers, 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, 80 artillery units, 30 aircraft and 600 other military vehicles.

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