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Japan Launches Taigei-Class Submarine Shogei as Tokyo Weighs Nuclear Power
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has launched Shogei, the seventh Taigei-class submarine for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, at Kobe. The 3,000-tonne lithium-ion boat…
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Japan’s Type 25 Missile Goes Public With a Reported 1,000 km Range
Japan’s first domestically produced stand-off missile went on public display at Camp Kengun after a quake-delayed, tightly controlled event. The Type 25,…
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Japan Dismantles Postwar Arms Export Ban with $7.1B Mogami Deal
Within two years, Japan reached the world’s third-largest defense budget and broke its postwar arms-export taboo. The $7.1B Mogami frigate deal with…