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        "msgid": "japan-deploys-long-range-missile-launcher-in-drills-with-us-1792943499",
        "date": "2026-10-25 22:02:47",
        "title": "Japan deploys long-range missile launcher in drills with US",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Japan used its Type-25 long-range anti-ship missile launcher for the first time in a joint exercise with the United States, part of the Keen Sword drills involving tens of thousands of personnel and eight participating countries. The deployment highlights Japan\u2019s shift towards acquiring counterstrike capabilities, a policy change that has prompted concerns about the risk of miscalculation and pre-emptive action.",
        "content": "<p>Tokyo (ANTARA) \u2013 Japan\u2019s Ministry of Defence used a Type-25\nlong-range, surface-to-ship guided missile launcher for the first time\non Sunday during a simulated joint military exercise with the United\nStates.<\/p>\n<p>The system was used after being deployed to south-western Japan\nearlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Type-25 is a domestically produced missile designed to be\nlaunched from a vehicle-mounted launcher. With an estimated range of\nabout 1,000 kilometres, it can reach several coastal areas of mainland\nChina and is regarded as a weapon for carrying out counterstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>At the Onohara Manoeuvre Area, which spans Nagasaki and Saga\nprefectures, members of Japan\u2019s Self-Defence Forces were seen\ntransporting the launcher to a firing position. It was then positioned\nfacing south-west.<\/p>\n<p>The Keen Sword joint exercise, involving about 45,000 members of\nJapan\u2019s Self-Defence Forces and around 12,000 US military personnel at\nlocations across Japan, began on 19 October and is due to run until\nThursday. Seven other countries, including Australia, are also taking\npart.<\/p>\n<p>The Type-25 missile was deployed at the Japan Ground Self-Defence\nForce\u2019s Camp Kengun in Kumamoto Prefecture last March.<\/p>\n<p>Japan decided to acquire weapons with counterstrike capabilities,\nmarking a major shift from a policy focused solely on defence under its\npacifist constitution, which renounces war. The decision was set out in\nsecurity documents updated in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese government says the country may launch such missiles if\nit judges that an adversary has begun an attack, even before Japan has\nsuffered any damage or impact from it.<\/p>\n<p>The policy has nevertheless prompted concern that a mistaken\nassessment could trigger a pre-emptive strike, which is prohibited under\ninternational law.<\/p>",
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