Shephard News: Facing a challenging security environment, last year Japan updated its National Security Strategy and announced a massive increase
The Asahi Shimbun: Defense Ministry officials suspect China has been floating balloons over Japan to spy on military radio communication
USNI News: The State Department issued a notification of the potential sale of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft
National Defense: Japan’s Ministry of Defense will be nearly doubling its research and development expenditures starting the next fiscal year
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) arrived in its new forward-deployed location
Nikkei Asia: Japan plans to introduce a new homegrown missile capable of intercepting ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide weapons by
US INDOPACOM: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the
USINDOPACOM: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea
Glasgow Times: The countdown had started, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) livestream and TV footage showed white smoke
The Defense Post: A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan’s airspace in recent years “strongly” suggests
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