US Marines Test Neros Archer Strike FPV Drones in First Anti-Armor Ambush Drill at Camp Fuji

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, tested Neros Archer Strike first-person-view drones with explosive payloads at Camp Fuji on October 20, 2026. The first live kinetic employment of the system at the Japanese training centre included two scenarios, one simulating an anti-armour ambush by a hunter-killer team. Both flights ended with successful target detonations and no unexploded drones requiring recovery, with explosive-ordnance specialists observing the event. Junior enlisted operators selected for a three-week training course carried out the engagements, evaluating how organic one-way attack drones could extend small-unit anti-armour capabilities.