Fear factor for the military?

• Position: NEWS & TRENDS - American war games - Brief article

Every year, U.S. Marines go to Southeast Asia for "Cobra Gold," a series of war games and training exercises with the armies of Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea. They learn how to eat bugs, suck blood from a cobra after killing the poisonous snake, and other jungle survival skills. The games began in 1980 and aim to foster cooperation between...