This is not a drill….

300,000 Troops, 1,000 Aircraft: Russia Schedules Biggest War Games In Almost 40 Years

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-to-hold-biggest-war-games-in-nearly-four-decades-/29457278.html

Russia conducts cruise missile tests ahead of largest drill in three decades

https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/28/russia-conducts-cruise-missile-tests-ahead-of-largest-drill-in-three-decades/

Russia announces 25-ship Mediterranean Sea drill

https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/30/russia-announces-25-ship-mediterranean-sea-drill/

Exercise Kakadu, the largest maritime drill off its kind in the Australian Northern Territory, is beginning today

https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/31/large-scale-exercise-kakadu-kicks-off/

Japan's new marines to stage drills to deter China

Brigade to train with US and Philippine forces in South China Sea

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Japan-s-new-marines-to-stage-drills-to-deter-China

Japanese helicopter destroyer trains with U.S. aircraft carrier in disputed South China Sea

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/01/national/japanese-helicopter-destroyer-trains-u-s-aircraft-carrier-disputed-south-china-sea/#.W4y__31jMWo

F-35C Lightning II conducts operational Test-1 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

https://hanfordsentinel.com/community/lemoorenavynews/f–c-lightning-ii-conducts-operational-test–aboard/article_becc8954-aa11-54d5-bd9d-5a0ffd898c89.html