Japan SDF to incorporate long-range missiles into drill with U.S. in Oct.

TOKYO - The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force will incorporate its long-range missiles into a major Japan-U.S. joint drill starting in October, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

It will be the first time that the Type-25 surface-to-ship guided missile, deployed to a camp in southwestern Japan in March as a counterstrike weapon, will take part in a large-scale exercise, it said.