The Asahi Shimbun:

Test-firings of a sea-based alternative to the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system will push up the project’s already expanding costs, which the Defense Ministry still refuses to disclose, a document showed.

Opposition lawmakers have demanded that the ministry reveal figures for the sea-based alternative, including the costs to test-fire the interceptor missiles. But defense officials have so far rejected the requests.

However, an internal ministry document compiled in November and obtained by The Asahi Shimbun estimated the cost of the test launches at several tens of billions of yen…



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