Japan defence ministry plans to cancel LRASM deal

The Defence Ministry of Japan is likely to cancel plans of procuring US made long range missiles. These long-range anti-ship missiles (LRASM) were supposed to be loaded on the F-15 fighter jets. This would improve the capabilities of the jets.

Instead of using these LRASM Japan plans to improve its domestic missiles, which are also long-range missiles and are under development. This development is based on type-12 surface to ship mis....