Japan deploys Type 25 anti-ship missiles in exercises For the first time, the Japan Self-Defense Force has deployed a Type 25 anti-ship missile (a modified version of the Type 12 anti-ship missile) outside its permanent deployment point at the Onohara Training Ground in western Kyushu. Soldiers from Anti-Ship Missile Battalion 5 deployed the launcher to a firing position in less than two minutes as part of a saber exercise. Earlier, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, General Masayoshi Arai, said that the development of long-range weapons is a priority for the Japanese armed forces.

Japan deploys Type 25 anti-ship missiles in exercises For the first time, the Japan Self-Defense Force has deployed a Type 25 anti-ship missile (a modified version of the Type 12 anti-ship missile) outside its permanent deployment point at the Onohara Training Ground in western Kyushu. Soldiers from Anti-Ship Missile Battalion 5 deployed the launcher to a firing position in less than two minutes as part of a saber exercise. Earlier, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, General Masayoshi Arai, said that the development of long-range weapons is a priority for the Japanese armed forces.