Japan started deploying its first batch of domestically-developed long-range missile, with their launchers arriving at a southwestern Japanese army camp Monday as the country accelerates its strike-back capability in response to rising challenges in the region. The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles are expected to arrive at the Camp Kengun in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto by the end of March to complete the process of deployment. Army vehicles carrying their launchers and other equipment arrived in the early hours of Monday in a highly secretive mission criticized by local residents who protested outside the camp.
