Tokyo is developing a long-range air-to-surface cruise missile to bolster the defence capabilities of the country's remote southwestern islands, Japanese Defence Minister Tak-eshi Iwaya said on 19 March. Iwaya said the plan is aimed at boosting Japan's deterrence by extending the range of its first domestically developed supersonic air-launched anti-ship missile (ASM), known as the ASM-3, to more than 400 km.
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