The new Type-12 SSM has ‘improved capability’ to be launched from both ground launchers and ships, and offers a stand-off defense capability to prevent and eliminate invading forces at an early stage ...

Japan will deploy upgraded long-range antiship missiles to its southernmost main island this month, a move analysts say underscores Tokyo’s growing effort to strengthen defenses against threats from ...

Deployment of the upgraded Type-12 SSM will fundamentally reinforce Japan’s stand-off defense ability to respond to attacks from outside the threat zone. Japan unveiled the photo of the prototype of ...

Japan will deploy the Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile and the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile to bases in the north, central and southern regions between 2025 and 2027. Japan's Ministry of Defense ...

Japan has stationed its first domestically developed long-range missiles at a military base in the country’s southwest, a move that extends the nation’s strike capability to roughly 1,000 km (620 ...

March 31 will mark the first deployment of two new Japanese systems: the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) for island defense and the upgraded Type 12 surface-to-ship missile. The Hyper ...

A Japanese Ministry of Defense image showing a test firing of the improved Type 12 missile. (Japanese Ministry of Defense) Japan will begin mass production of its enhanced Type 12 surface-to-ship ...

‘SURPRISE FRONTS…’: After Hormuz, Iran Warns Of Shutting Down Another Key Strait; Big Declaration Iran has threatened to expand its maritime confrontation with the United States and Israel beyond the ...

A photo of the upgraded Type 12 surface-to-ship missile (SSM) prototype, which was published in Japan’s latest defense white paper on July 12. Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries On July 25, Japan’s ...

Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Takashi Kimura (L) and Kumamoto City Mayor Kazufumi Onishi (2nd L) speak to the press following an inspection of launch systems, including those for the long-range Type 12 ...