October 26, 2026

From late October to early November, the Chinese and Indonesian militaries will hold the "Sharp Knife 2026" army counter-terrorism joint training exercise in South China's Guangdong Province, China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on Monday. 

This marks the third iteration of this series and the first in 14 years. A military affairs expert told the Global Times that the exercise falls under non-traditional security cooperation, with both sides restarting the mechanism to jointly combat transnational and local crime and eliminate major risks posed by terrorism.

The training this year takes on joint mountain counter-terrorism rescue operations with a focus on mountain climbing, special vehicle driving, helicopter rappelling, close-quarters assault and manned-unmanned coordination, according to the MND.

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