The US Navy is hosting Japan’s Aegis destroyer JS Chokai for a yearlong training and upgrade program to integrate Tomahawk cruise missiles — a first for the Japanese fleet.
The deployment follows a January 2024 agreement between Tokyo and Washington to acquire 400 Tomahawk missiles.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense said that JS Chokai successfully carried out a dummy Tomahawk loading drill at Yokosuka before departing for the US.
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