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Japan prepares for deployment of its first home-developed long-range missile
Japan accelerates deployment of upgraded Type-12 missiles with an extended 1,000 km range to enhance counterstrike capabilities amid rising regional security concerns, officials said.
- Late Monday, army vehicles carried launchers into Camp Kengun in Kumamoto in a secretive operation.
- Amid rising regional tensions, Japan cites a deteriorating security environment and Taiwan tensions as drivers of the missile deployment, according to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' upgraded Type-12 features an extended range of about 1,000 kilometers, and each truck-mounted launcher carries six missiles weighing about 680 kilograms from Camp Fuji.
- Dozens of protesters rallied at Camp Kengun on Monday while Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura said officials were not notified and demanded explanations.
- Tokyo plans an ISR satellite constellation with four initial satellites and options for up to twenty, while integrating Tomahawk cruise missiles with deliveries expected by the end of March.
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Key Points —Japan has deployed its first domestically developed long-range missile launchers to Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, a city on the southwestern island of Kyushu — putting Shanghai and the Chinese coast within the weapon’s 1,000-kilometre range —The upgraded Type 12 missiles mark Japan’s most significant break from its postwar self-defence-only doctrine, giving the country […]
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Japan stated this Monday that it is preparing to deploy its first domestic-developed long-range missiles this month, after transporting shuttles and other equipment in the south-west of the archipelago, among what it defines as a "severe" security environment.
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