Re: 3D thrills for destroyer crews as HMS Dragon, HMS Dauntless & HMS Duncan join for
Are they planning Japanese SSMs or other weaponry for the Type 26 GCS?
I had not heard that to date.
No not that I am aware of it either but there are potentials since there are no road blocks prohibiting it and both BAe and MBDA has connections with Mitsubishi so they can just negotiate for a license to produce them at their own production facilities.
Same with Perseus, since Japan had already finished required flight tests for XASM-3 and is scheduled for production in 2016.
Japan already has the base model so MBDA can just start a joint development to modify it to extend range and be surface launched vertically since it is originally designed for air launch. Japan would modify it for surface launch once initial development is completed anyways like they did with type 80 ASM-1 into type 88 SSM-1 and type 90 SSM-1B. So it is a win-win for both.