{"id":159356,"date":"2026-10-27T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159356"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:00:13","slug":"us-japan-rehearse-coordinated-strikes-to-challenge-pla-control-of-waters-near-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159356","title":{"rendered":"US, Japan rehearse coordinated strikes to challenge PLA control of waters near Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS and Japanese forces have rehearsed coordinated anti-ship strikes and mobile missile deployments across Kyushu and Japan\u2019s southwestern islands, testing tactics designed to challenge Beijing\u2019s ability to control surrounding waters in a conflict over Taiwan.<br \/>\nNow in its second week, the 11-day Keen Sword 27 exercise has tested how the allies could threaten Chinese warships from multiple directions while keeping their own forces harder to target.<br \/>\nThey have also practised repairing runways and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3372314\/us-japan-rehearse-coordinated-strikes-challenge-pla-control-waters-near-taiwan\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS and Japanese forces have rehearsed coordinated anti-ship strikes and mobile missile deployments across Kyushu and Japan\u2019s southwestern islands, testing tactics designed to challenge&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159356"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}