Japan deploys long-range missile launcher during major drill with U.S.

Japan's Defense Ministry used a launcher for a long-range Type-25 surface-to-ship guided missile in a simulated drill for the first time Sunday in a Japan-U.S. major exercise following its deployment in southwestern Japan earlier this year.The Type-25 is a domestically produced missile designed to be fired from a vehicle-mounted launcher. With a flight range of approximately 1,000 kilometers that puts some coastal areas of mainland China within reach, the missile is viewed as a counterstrike weapon.At the Onohara Maneuver Area saddling Nagasaki and Saga prefectures, Self-Defense Forces memb…READ FULL ARTICLE