Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 was held in Rayong Province in Thailand from 23 February to 6 March 2026. It was co-hosted by the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the United States Indo-Pacific Command. The multinational exercise involved 8,000 personnel from the armed forces from 30 countries. Large contingents were from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and the Republic of Korea, Thailand and the US. It is the 45thiteration of this exercise which is one of the largest in the Asia Pacific.
