Japan conducts its first missile test on its own territory
The test-firing of the Type-88 surface-to-ship short range missile was conducted Tuesday at an army firing range in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido.
Japan is accelerating its military buildup to acquire strike-back capabilities as a deterrence to China.
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