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Japan’s SDF fires anti-ship missiles for first time in Philippine military drills

The Japan Times·Jesse Johnson·27 days ago
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A Japanese Type 88 surface-to-ship missile system is launched during the Balikatan military exercises in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, on Wednesday.

A Japanese Type 88 surface-to-ship missile system is launched during the Balikatan military exercises in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, on Wednesday. | AFP-JIJI

Japan did away with another postwar taboo on Wednesday, firing off Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles for the first time from the Philippines during joint military drills Wednesday that included the U.S. and others.  

The Self-Defense Forces (SDF) have taken on a combat role for the first time in this year’s Balikatan military exercises, with about 1,400 personnel, multiple warships and aircraft and anti-ship missile systems deployed to the Philippines. 

Wednesday’s launches hit a mock enemy ship — the decommissioned Philippine Navy’s Quezon corvette — about 75 kilometers off the shores of Paoay, Ilocos Norte, in the country’s northwest.

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