双边美日“利剑-27”军事演习将于周一拉开序幕，该演习被视为防御日本西南岛链的演练。此次演习将迎来诸多首次。
Many firsts are expected as the bilateral U.S.-Japan Keen Sword 27 military exercises — seen as a dress rehearsal for defending Japan’s southwestern island chain — kick off Monday.
作为历届规模最大的演习，双年演习将汇集约4.5万名自卫队人员和1.2万名美军官兵。
日本将首次在熊本县基地以外部署其射程更远的25式地对舰导弹。
The biannual exercises — the largest ever, bringing together about 45,000 Self-Defense Force personnel and 12,000 U.S. service members — will see Japan for the first time deploy its longer-range Type 25 surface-to-ship missiles outside their base in Kumamoto Prefecture.
与此同时，美方将向冲绳县与那国岛部署先进反舰导弹系统，该岛距离台湾仅110公里。
The U.S. side, meanwhile, is sending an advanced anti-ship missile system to Yonaguni, an island in Okinawa Prefecture that lies just 110 kilometers from flash point Taiwan.