Japanese Warship Launches First Ever Tomahawk Missile

JS Chōkai, a Kōngo class destroyer, is the first Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship to be equipped with the BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM). Though an extensive operator of warships with Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has until now only used these to employ air defence […]