{"id":148780,"date":"2026-03-29T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148780"},"modified":"2026-03-29T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:00:08","slug":"japan-upgrades-destroyer-with-tomahawk-missiles-why-it-might-pose-a-threat-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148780","title":{"rendered":"Japan upgrades destroyer with Tomahawk missiles. Why it might pose a threat to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJapan has upgraded a naval vessel with capabilities to fire long-range Tomahawk missiles, with the first firing test expected this summer \u2013 a move experts said would pose a security threat to China.<br \/>\nThe Aegis destroyer Chokai \u201ccompleted modifications and crew training\u201d in the US that started in October, \u201cconfirming its acquisition of Tomahawk missile launch capabilities\u201d, Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday.<br \/>\nHe said a ceremony marking the acquisition of these capabilities&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3348299\/japan-upgrades-destroyer-tomahawk-missiles-why-it-might-pose-threat-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJapan has upgraded a naval vessel with capabilities to fire long-range Tomahawk missiles, with the first firing test expected this summer \u2013 a move&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148780"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}