Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2015 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- Eye in the Sky: Japan Launches Spy Satellite Into Orbit Sputnik 26 Mar 2015 -- Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a backup optical satellite for the government's intelligence gathering program.
- DESRON 15, JMSDF Flex Their Combat Capability during Multi-Sail 2015 NNS 25 Mar 2015 -- Personnel and ships from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) from Japan led by Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 kicked off Multi-Sail 2015, March 22, in Guam.
- In Tokyo, Dempsey Reinforces U.S.-Japan Alliance AFPS 25 Mar 2015 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today underscored the importance of the U.S.-Japanese alliance as he met here with Japan's senior military and political leaders.
- Japanese Navy Gets Biggest Warship Since WWII Era Aircraft Carriers Sputnik 25 Mar 2015 -- The Maritime Self Defense Force in Japan made a little bit of history Wednesday by taking delivery of the largest Japanese warship since World War II.
- Okinawa governor moves to pull plug on US base relocation Press TV 23 Mar 2015 -- The governor of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa has ordered a halt on the development of a controversial plan to relocate a US military base there.
- Japan's Okinawa Requests to Shut Down US Marine Base Construction Sputnik 23 Mar 2015 -- The construction of a relocated US Marine Corps Air Station in Nago attracted media attention in recent months amid opposition rallies by local residents outraged over sex crimes committed by US servicemen in the area.
- Japan's Abe Vows to Back Bill Allowing Overseas Military Operations Sputnik 22 Mar 2015 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to bolster new security legislation that would expand the country's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) operations overseas, NHK World News reported Sunday.
- Indonesia, Japan to Sign a Defense Agreement VOA 20 Mar 2015 -- Indonesia said it will sign a defense agreement with Japan -- a move certain to raise concerns in China, with which Jakarta already has a military pact.
- More Assertive Japan Seen Positively in Washington VOA 19 Mar 2015 -- The security alliance between Japan and the United States is expected to feature prominently in talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama during the Japanese leader's state visit to Washington next month, according to foreign policy experts.
- Yokota shares keys to resiliency with Japan allies AFNS 11 Mar 2015 -- Resiliency can be defined as the ability to withstand, adapt or recover from life's adversities.
- China Defends Island Construction in South China Sea VOA 08 Mar 2015 -- China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country has every right to carry out construction and develop land around disputed islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
- China says island, reef construction in South China Sea lawful, justified People's Daily 08 Mar 2015 -- China's construction on its own islands and reefs in the South China Sea is lawful and justified, as China is merely building facilities in its own yard, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.
- Beijing's Island Construction in South China Sea Poses No Threat - Minister Sputnik 08 Mar 2015 -- China's recently intensified construction works on the reefs it controls in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly Island, are lawful and pose no threat to any other countries, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.
- Japan, China Lock Horns Over Disputed Islands Sputnik 07 Mar 2015 -- Fighter pilots stationed at the nearest Japanese base to a chain of islands both Tokyo and Beijing have claimed as their own, are on a round-the-clock stand-by to chase and warn off Chinese military planes entering Japanese airspace.
- US, Japan, Australia team up during air combat training AFNS 02 Mar 2015 -- Pilots from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian air force conducted large force employment (LFE) training here Feb. 19-27, as part of exercise Cope North 2015.
- U.S., Japan Increase Warfighting Capabilities through Fleet Synthetic Training NNS 02 Mar 2015 -- U.S. and Japan forces participated in a four-day Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) exercise, Feb. 23-27.
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