Japan to buy Tomahawks from U.S. in FY 2025, 1 yr sooner than planned

Japan will start procuring Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States in fiscal 2025, a year earlier than initially planned, in response to the worsening Asian security environment, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Wednesday.Kihara, who took up his new post in a Cabinet reshuffle in mid-September, made the announcement when he met the press in Washington after holding his first face-to-face talks with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin.Amid growing security challenges presented by China, North Korea and Russia, Kihara and Austin confirmed their mutual interest in ramping up the Japan…READ FULL ARTICLE