Japan will begin mass production of its enhanced Type 12 surface-to-ship missile (SSM) earlier than projected and has ...

The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the ...

Major Missile Sale Approved The Trump administration has approved a significant arms deal with Japan, allowing the country to ...

TOKYO — The United States has approved a $900 million missile sale to Japan, the third major arms purchase of its kind by the ...

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific ...

Japan’s ministry of defense has announced that it conducted a live firing test of a new hypervelocity glide munition to ...

Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a pacifist stance under its post-war constitution. However, ...

Learn about the $900 million SM-6 Block I Missile FMS request made by Japan and the State Department's approval of it.

The State Department last Friday okayed a potential $900 million foreign military sale (FMS) to Japan of up to 150 Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Block I ...

Japanese and US defense authorities are also hammering out plans for collaboration on a satellite constellation for early warning and tracking of ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles.

Japan Gets Nod For Second Batch Of SM-6 Blk. I Missiles is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your ...

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