Japan’s ministry of defense has announced that it conducted a live firing test of a new hypervelocity glide munition to ...

Japan has requested the purchase of up to 150 SM-6 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missiles from the American government and ...

TOKYO — The United States has approved a $900 million missile sale to Japan, the third major arms purchase of its kind by the ...

Major Missile Sale Approved The Trump administration has approved a significant arms deal with Japan, allowing the country to ...

President Donald Trump plans to cover a range of issues in his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Learn about the $900 million SM-6 Block I Missile FMS request made by Japan and the State Department's approval of it.

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific strategic capability against ...

The State Department last Friday okayed a potential $900 million foreign military sale (FMS) to Japan of up to 150 Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Block I ...

Japanese and US defense authorities are also hammering out plans for collaboration on a satellite constellation for early warning and tracking of ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles.

Type 03 Chu-SAM surface-to-air missiles are set to be deployed on Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, 110 kilometers (68 ...

The plan, as disclosed by Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, comes amid Chinese pressure to remove a powerful U.S. weapons system from its territory.