Tag: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Japan Contracts Mitsubishi to Produce New Standoff Precision Missile

Japan is expanding its standoff strike arsenal with a new precision missile…

U.S. Approves Standard Missile-6 Sale for Japan’s Aegis Destroyers

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other…

Japan Unveils First Images of Upgraded Type-12 Anti-Ship Missile During Tests

The new Type-12 SSM has ‘improved capability’ to be launched from both…

One Sailor Missing as Japanese Minesweeper Catches Fire and Capsizes

A Sugashima-class mine clearance vessel, the JS Ukushima, experienced a fire in…