The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) on August 30 requested $59.1 billion (8.5 trillion yen) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 starting in April, its largest ever defense budget request. Plans include the construction of three […]
Japan has deployed surface-to-ship missile launchers on Okinawa Island to counter China’s aggressive moves along the first island chain, Japanese media said. The Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces announced that a Type 12 […]
The Talisman Sabre 2023 exercise kicked off last week. As part of the event, which will run until 4 August, Japan launched a Type 12 anti-ship missile. Type 12 is a Japanese anti-ship missile, which […]
Japanese forces will fire their most advanced anti-ship missile into Australian waters for the first time, ahead of large-scale multinational military exercises that begin later this week. The Japan’s Self Defense Force (JSDF) is preparing […]
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After laying to rest its pacifist post-World War II posture since the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power, Japan has its eyes set on matching if not overtaking the United States and Europe in aerospace and […]
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To boost its defenses against China in its southwestern archipelago, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) announced on 26 March that it had deployed troops and its latest anti-ship missile type to Miyakojima Island. Miyakojima […]
Japan originally developed type 91 air-launched antiship missile based on surface-to-ship missile for the Ground Self-Defense Force by utilizing the Type 88 missile technology of the Ground Self-Defense Force. The advanced derivative called type 12 […]
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