Japanese media: Japan considers the installation of more than a thousand long -range missiles

The Japanese "Yomiuri Shimbun" quoted sources on the 21st as saying exclusively that the Japanese government is studying whether to install more than 1,000 long -range cruise missiles. Considering the situation of "Taiwan's things", the Japanese government plans to deploy these long -range cruise missiles with southwest islands to Kyushu. The purpose of this is to fill the "missile gap" with China. As of press time, Japanese officials have not responded to the relevant news.

Several Japanese government officials revealed that the proposed more than a thousand missiles were improved by the Japanese domestic "12 -shore anti -ship missiles" equipped with the Defense Self -Defense Force. More than 1,000 kilometers, that is, the range can reach North Korea or the coastal areas of China; the missile launch method is also improved to launch from the sea and the air. In addition, the deployment time of the improved "12 -type shore settlement" is two years earlier than the original plan, and it will be deployed as soon as 2024. In the future, it will be applied to land attacks.

It is reported that in three documents such as the National Security Strategy Strategy revised by the Japanese government at the end of this year, the Japanese government proposes the ability to have a "counterattack ability", that is, the ability to attack enemy missile launch bases for self -defense. Among them, improved missiles will become the core of "counterattack ability". According to the "Yomiuri News", the Japanese government wants to have more than 1,000 long -range missiles in advance, and companies that need to engage in missile development will add more production lines. The Japanese Ministry of Defense plans to establish a system that supports relevant enterprise equipment investment, and prepares to write related funds in the 2023 defense budget requirements.

According to the "Yomiuri News", the purpose of seeking a large number of long -range missiles in the Japanese government is that there is a large gap between Japan and the United States and China missile attack capabilities. So far, Japan has not deployed long -range missiles that can attack ground attacks because of the unable to have the "attack ability against the enemy base" (that is, the ability to counterattack). The report quoted the US Department of Defense that China has about 1,900 land -based medium -range ballistic missiles that can incorporate Japan into the range of range and about 300 medium -range cruise missiles. North Korea has also deployed hundreds of ballistic missiles that can incorporate Japan into the range. China and North Korea are also developing more difficult to intercept high supersonic weapons. The Japanese Self -Defense Force is difficult to deal with only missile interception.

Military expert Song Zhongping told the Global Times reporter on the 21st that Japan stated in 2020 and 2021 that it would strengthen its "counterattack ability", and one of the improvement of this ability was to increase long -range cruise missiles. Song Zhongping explained that more than 1,000 long -range cruise missiles look just a number, and its connotation wants to show that Japan has the ability to produce long -range cruise missiles in batches. "This is a symbol of mass production, and Japan can produce according to needs." Song Zhongping said that in recent years, Japan has been trying to break through the "special defense" and advocate the ban on "collective self -defense", that is, to enable the Japanese Self -Defense Force to have the ability to offensive and defense. The purpose of Japan's wind to set up a long -range cruise missile lies in this.

In recent years, Japan's movements in constitutional amendments have caused each party to be vigilant. Song Zhongping believes that it is only one of the means of breaking through the Constitution in Japan. In the future, Japan may develop ballistic missiles and nuclear -powered submarines, and even develop aircraft carriers. These are restricted by the Japanese Constitution. ▲

Ji Kai, a special reporter in Japan in Japan, Guo Yuandan

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