Japan has for the first time deployed its homegrown longer-range missiles and new hyper velocity gliding projectiles (HVGP) to military bases as the country¡¯s ¡°counterstrike capability¡± begins to take shape.
The upgraded Type-12 surface-to-ship missiles, which have a range of about 1,000 kilometers, were officially set up at the Ground Self-Defense Force¡¯s Camp Kengun in the city of Kumamoto, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
The HVGPs are launched from the ground, can travel hundreds of kilometers at supersonic speeds from high altitudes and fly in irregular trajectories, making them difficult to intercept. They were stationed to the GSDF¡¯s Camp Fuji near the city of Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture the same day.
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