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The test-firing of the Type 88 surface-to-ship, short-range missile was the first time Japan had conducted a missile test on Japanese territory, as the country accelerates its military build-up to deter an increasingly assertive China.

Learning Outcomes 

  • Understand the importance of strategic preparation in the face of Chinese assertiveness.
  • Explore how the Type 88 surface-to-ship, short-range missile is adding to Japan’s capability.
  • Consider how the missile test underscores Japan’s push toward a more self-sufficient military and its acquisition of strike-back capabilities as a deterrence to China’s increasing naval activities in the region.
READ: Japan conducts first domestic missile test

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