Japan is negotiating with the United States to deploy Tomahawk ground-launched missiles on its territory
What is known
In January of this year, the Prime Minister of JapanFumio Kishida met with US President Joe Biden to discuss further strengthening the military alliance between the two states. Prior to the meeting between the leaders of the two countries, it was reported that Japan wants to buy up to 500 Tomahawk missiles worth $1.5 billion and will spend another $832 million on technical support for the Aegis system ships.
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The United States has long been working ondevelopment of the LRHW hypersonic weapon. The system is expected to be installed on the destroyer USS Zumwalt in 2025. Submarine Virginia will receive hypersonic weapons by 2029.
Late last year, the US Army received its firstTyphoon ground missile system developed by Lockheed Martin. It can use Tomahawk missiles with a range of up to 1800 km and Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).
The Typhoon is based on a verticallaunch of the Mk 41. Lockheed Martin shipped a Typhoon battery with four launchers and ground equipment to the military in early December to prepare for the exercise.
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If all goes according to plan, Typhoon will be acceptedinto service at the end of 2023. It is possible that in the future the system could use a new version of the SM-6 missile, which can reach hypersonic speed. It is in development and is called SM-6 Block IB.