Japan Secures Approval for Purchase of 400 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles

The US State Department has approved a potential $2.35 billion sale of 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Japan, allowing the country to enhance its long-range land attack cruise missile capability. The move reflects Japan's changing military policy towards offensive weaponry, driven by increasing tensions in the Pacific region, particularly with China and North Korea. The Tomahawks will provide Japan with an offensive kinetic dimension, adding to its counterstrike capacity against potential threats. Japan is also developing its own long-range land attack cruise missiles to complement the Tomahawks.