A Japanese F-2 with an early ASM-3. Wikimedia Commons
Forbes: Japan Readies Its Ship-Smashing Super-Missile
The Japanese navy has one major mission in wartime: To bottle up the Chinese fleet, preventing Beijing’s warships from reaching the open Pacific Ocean.
Which is why Japanese planners take anti-ship missiles very, very seriously. And why, last year, the Japanese defense ministry took a hard look at its newest anti-ship missile design ... and decided to go back to the drawing board.
The ASM-3 lacked range, the ministry decided. Rather than field the missile in its current, 100-mile incarnation, officials sent the weapon back to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries with one major note.
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WNU Editor: Japan is definitely focused on China's navy. But it is not only anti-ship missiles that Japan is basing its maritime defense on .... Why Japan’s Soryu-class Stealth Submarines Are So Deadly (National Interest).
