南西諸島で日米離島奪還訓練　米本土から移転し、実践的に―陸自

　陸上自衛隊は２７日、離島防衛を想定した日米共同実動訓練「アイアン・フィスト」を鹿児島県の喜界島や沖縄本島のキャンプ・ハンセンなどで行うと発表した。同訓練は２００６年から毎年米国内で実施され、国内で行うのは初。陸自は「より実際の運用に直結する訓練に発展させた」としており、東シナ海などで活発化する中国の軍事的活動を念頭に、日米の結束を示す狙いとみられる。（2023/01/27-16:41）

Japan and the United States will conduct a joint military exercise simulating remote island defense in southwestern Japan between Feb. 16 and March 12, the Ground Self-Defense Force said Friday.
   The Iron Fist exercise, which has been carried out in the United States annually since 2006, will come to the Asian country for the first time.
   Locations for the drill include the Kikai Island in Kagoshima Prefecture and the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen on Okinawa Prefecture's main island, both of which are part of the Nansei island chain stretching between the Kyushu southwestern region and Taiwan.
   The Nansei chain separates the East China Sea, where Chinese maritime activities are increasing, from the rest of the Pacific.
   Participants will practice deploying troops to an island with no stationed forces and retaking an invaded remote island, according to the GSDF.