US forces wargamed defending a Pacific ally from invasion with layers of firepower. Here's how the drills played out.

Notable firsts include the use of Japan's Type-88 surface-to-ship missile system outside Japanese territory and the first launch of a Tomahawk missile from the Army's Typhon system abroad. US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jonathan Beauchamp The US military and its allies recently wargamed a Pacific fight, an invasion scenario. Balikatan 2026 featured missiles, drones, ship strikes, and counter-landing drills. The exercise included counter-invasion drills and a strike on a decommissioned Philipp...