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Japan tests 100 kW laser weapon that slices metal and drones

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold that military planners have talked about for decades: it is now firing a shipboard ...
ZME Science on MSN

Japan Just Installed a Massive Laser Weapon on Its Naval Test Ship

In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

With its defense spending skyrocketing, emergence of Japan’s ‘neo-militarism’ accelerates: Global Times editorial

Japanese aggressors committed innumerable crimes and atrocities in Taiwan island, which was the darkest page in Taiwan's ...
The New York Times

Japan Flexes Its Military Muscle at China, and Trump

A highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and questions about U.S. commitment. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Camp ...
The Diplomat

Panel Urges Japan to Use ‘Next-Generation Propulsion Systems’ in New Submarines

JS Raigei, the fourth Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Credit: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) A Japanese Defense Ministry panel called ...
The Diplomat

Japan military technology

The blue-ribbon panel called for the use of unspecified “next-generation propulsion systems” in new submarines equipped with vertical launch systems (VLS) capable of firing long-range missiles ...