{"id":16340,"date":"2023-02-14T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16340"},"modified":"2023-02-14T19:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:11:54","slug":"japan-plans-to-bulk-order-u-s-tomahawk-missiles-by-march-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16340","title":{"rendered":"Japan plans to bulk order U.S. Tomahawk missiles by March next year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TOKYO, Feb 14<\/strong> – Japan plans to bulk-order Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States by March next year as it begins a rapid military build-up, Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan wants to conclude a contract during the next financial year, which begins April 1, to buy Raytheon Technologies Corp\u00a0(RTX.N)<\/a>\u00a0Tomahawk through the U.S. government’s foreign military sales (FMS) programme, Hamada said at a regular news briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Japan’s latest defence budget, which will jump by a quarter from last year, includes $1.6 billion to buy the cruise missiles, part of its biggest military build-up since World War Two<\/a>. The government hasn’t said how many it will buy, but local media reports said it wants as many as 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan wants the cruise missile to give its military the capability to strike targets far from Japan to deter potential adversaries, including China, from attacking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ship-launched version of the munition, which can fly more than 1,000 kilometres, would have enough range to hit targets inside China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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