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

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.The drill involving some 45,000 SDF personnel will take place at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto Prefecture and Onohara Maneuver Area straddling Nagasaki and Saga prefectures, the ministry said.The upcoming Keen Sword field training…READ FULL ARTICLE