Japan Goes For Strike Capabilities To Modernize Air Defense Systems

PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 28, 2024) – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ariake (DD 109) launches an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile while steaming with the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) in the Philippine Sea during exercise Pacific Vanguard
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SINGAPORE—Japan is budgeting to modernize its entire air defense system, both on land and at sea, as it comes to terms with new missile threats. The country is seeking unprecedented capabilities in areas of standoff and strike as it assesses the possibility of an invasion of its territories. In its...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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