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This is the first time I have heard of this;

Deterring China: Japan to Develop New Anti-Ship Missile for Defense of Senkakus
Tokyo intends to deploy a new anti-ship missile to deter Chinese advances in the East China Sea.

The Japanese government is developing a new land-to-sea missile to reinforce the defenses of remote Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, the Yomiuri Shimbun
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on August 14. The Japan-administered Senkaku Islands are also claimed by both China and Taiwan.

Japan has not revealed many details about the new weapon system except that it will have an approximate range of 300 kilometers (186 miles), use solid fuel, and is slated to be deployed by 2023. Funding for the new missile will be included in the fiscal year 2017 defense budget request and it will solely be developed and produced in Japan.

“The new missile will be mounted on a vehicle, making it easy to transport and change positions. It will have a guidance system using the global positioning system (GPS) or other means, and be capable of striking targets, such as other countries’ warships deployed around remote islands, from nearby islands,” the Yomiuri Shimbun reveals.

The new missile will supplement the Type 12 subsonic anti-ship missile, an upgraded variant of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Type 88 surface-to-ship missile with a reported range of 200 kilometers (124 miles), currently in service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF). The Type 12 missile is carries by a transporter erector launcher, each carrying six missiles.

According to Yomiuri Shimbun, the new missile system could also be used for reoccupying islands:

The new surface-to-ship missile would also be effective if a remote island is occupied. When GSDF units conduct landing operations, they currently focus on naval gunfire from destroyers with a short firing range or dropping bombs from fighter jets. That involves a high risk of being counterattacked. The new missile would make it possible to assist the GSDF landing units from nearby islands..... to read more
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New step in the reorganization of the Air Force, the 8th Sqn with 20 F-2 from Misawa moved the 31/07 for Tsuiki so now 2 based there, before 2 to Misawa

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2016 July 29 - 8th Squadron with F-2 is transferees from Misawa to Tsuiki.
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So remains after :
- F-15 Agressor Sqn moved from Nyutabaru to Komatsu
- 301th with F-4E moved from Nyutabaru to Hyakuri
- 305th with F-15 moved from Hyakuri to Nyutabaru
- And first F-35A for training based to Misawa, replace F-4E after so normaly based to Hyakuri
- Presumably the 501th on RF-4E stand down

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Find others infos Agressor Sqn have moved 2 to 10 june
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New step in the reorganization of the Air Force, the 8th Sqn with 20 F-2 from Misawa moved the 31/07 for Tsuiki so now 2 based there, before 2 to Misawa




So remains after :
- F-15 Agressor Sqn moved from Nyutabaru to Komatsu
- 301th with F-4E moved from Nyutabaru to Hyakuri
- 305th with F-15 moved from Hyakuri to Nyutabaru
- And first F-35A for training based to Misawa, replace F-4E after so normaly based to Hyakuri
- Presumably the 501th on RF-4E stand down

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So remains after :
- 305th with F-15 moved from Hyakuri to Nyutabaru in August 2016
- 301th with F-4E moved from Nyutabaru to Hyakuri in October 2016.
- And first F-35A for training based to Misawa, replace F-4E after so normaly based to Hyakuri
- Presumably the 501th on RF-4E stand down

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SamuraiBlue said:
This is the first time I have heard of this;
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Those new missiles look like good deterrence tools to me.

BTW, @SamuraiBlue and @FORBIN, I noticed that Pit Road Models has just released a 1/350 scale Akizuki DDG-115.

I have been waiting for it.

They released it as a Resin model which means it is going to be more expensive...but it looks good:

Akizuki-DDG115-01.jpg Akizuki-DDG115-02.jpg Akizuki-DDG115-03.jpg Akizuki-DDG115-04.jpg Akizuki-DDG115-05.jpg

So, I intend to get it. I cannot wait to build it and and add it to my JMSDF Task force.

With the Akizuki, I will have in 1/350 scale, completed all of the following:

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JS Akizuki DDG-115
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Powerful grouping of warships.
 
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SamuraiBlue said:
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Samurai what difference btw new Type 12 and Type 88 i see same size, weight and same also for range, warhead, only different for electronic ?

Edit on Japan internet i see max 200 km, Type 12 180 km warhead as Harpoon enough big 225 kg.

Right now 28 Type 12 TELs ordered about 20 delivered 4 for a trng Sqn to Fuji and 16 in the 5th SSM Rgt to Kurmamoto, all the 5 SSM Rgts have 16 TELs in 4 Sqns, 400 troops.
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SamuraiBlue

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Type 12s are the new missiles that have data link to enable to change target at mid course and have GPS targeting as well.
Type 12 is also capable of vertical launch to minimize locating point of launch.

Type 88 launch vehicle
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Type12 launch vehicle

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@SamuraiBlue

The world is unlikely to transition to a hydrogen based society, despite what the Japanese government thinks.

Hydrogen requires electricity to produce, then has to undergo mechanical compression and decompression losses until it is burned. All this has limited scope for technological improvement and costs far more than petrol/diesel/natural gas, whilst producing limited benefits.

In comparison, electric batteries are undergoing huge improvements in cost/efficiency and there are a vast number of promising new battery storage technologies in the works. Plus the electricity infrastructure already exists.
 
SamuraiBlue

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Hydrogen can be generated through photo catalytic exchange utilizing for example SrTiO3 and/or La5Ti2CuS5O7.
NEDO(New Energy Development Organization) of Japan has already reached 3% efficiency rate and is aiming 10% by 2020.

As I said Japan is doing various R&D in this field to make Hydrogen Society a reality.
 
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