Japan defence

US Marines plan to deploy NMESIS anti-ship missiles to Yonaguni for the first time, bringing potential sea-denial coverage closer to Taiwan and key passages between the East China Sea and…

Japan has lost one of its three RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drones over the Sea of Japan, immediately cutting the country’s strategic high-altitude ISR fleet by one-third and raising…

Japan's Mitsubishi F-2A launched two ASM-2 anti-ship missiles during the Valiant Shield 2026 sinking exercise more than 200 nautical miles from Guam, embedding Japanese maritime-strike…

The PLAN’s July 6 strategic missile launch from a Type 094A nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine into the Pacific Ocean demonstrates China’s accelerating pursuit of survivable…

Britain’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter programme is facing mounting delays that could push operational deployment toward 2040, raising concerns over NATO’s future air superiority…

China is projected to field nearly 1,000 J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighters by 2030, a development that could mark the end of America’s long-held monopoly on advanced airpower in the…