Japan is developing a stealthy, air-launched, anti-ship missile
Captive carry testing of the new anti-ship missile – understood to be an air-launched derivative of the 25SSM…
Japan tests long-range Type 12 missile as counterstrike capability against China grows
Japan’s efforts to build a long-range capability to strike Chinese warships reached a milestone last week as flight…
Japan’s Navy Just Fired a Tomahawk Missile and China Isn’t Happy One Bit
On July 29, 2026, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully conducted its first live-fire Tomahawk launch from the destroyer…
Japanese Warship Launches First Ever Tomahawk Missile
JS Chōkai, a Kōngo class destroyer, is the first Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship to be equipped with…
Japanese destroyer fires Tomahawk missile in ‘historic test launch’
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai fires a Tomahawk cruise missile in the Pacific Ocean…
Japan conducts first test launch of ship-based cruise missile
Japan conducted its first test launch of a Tomahawk cruise missile from a warship, a milestone in its…
Japan Conducts First Tomahawk Live-Fire Aboard JS Chokai
Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced on July 30 that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) had conducted its…
Japan joins the global craze to field interceptor drones
MANILA, Philippines — Japan plans to rapidly deploy autonomous interceptor drones to complement emerging standoff-strike capabilities, as reports…
Could US Tomahawk missile delivery delays slow Japan’s long-range strike plans?
A reported US delay in delivering hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles could slow Japan’s plans to give its…
Could US Tomahawk missile delivery delays slow Japan’s long-range strike plans?
A reported US delay in delivering hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles could slow Japan’s plans to give its…
U.S. informs Japan of Tomahawk missile delivery delays: report
WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi during a telephone conversation early this…