August 16, 2024
FULCRUM: Kunashiri Island and key locations

Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russian: Ю́жно-Кури́льск; Japanese: 古釜布, romanized: Furukamappu) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,832 (2010 Russian census);[2] 5,751 (2002 Census);[7] 6,344 (1989 Soviet census).[8] It is the largest settlement on the Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands.  

Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Южно-Курильск, Japanese: メンデレーエフ空港) (IATA: DEE, ICAO: UHSM) is an airport in Yuzhno-Kurilsk, on Kunashir Island in the Kuril Islands, which is under Russian administration but claimed by Japan

The Ainu people of northern Japan: https://ainu-upopoy.jp/en/ainu-culture/

 The Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV (三菱89式装甲戦闘車, Mitsubishi 89-shiki sōkō-sentō-sha)(89 FV ) is a Japanese infantry fighting vehicle that entered service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1989. There were 58 vehicles in service as of 1999 and a total of 120 produced by 2014 with 300 planned. The main armament of the vehicle is an Oerlikon Contraves 35 millimeter KDE cannon. In FULCRUM it is fitted with a high energy laser anti-projectile defense system: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/305730/20240616/japan-military-trial-laser-systems-against-drone-attacks.htm