Japan developing new anti-surface warheads for future hypersonic missiles
Japan is developing two advanced anti-surface warheads
that will be fitted onto two hypersonic weapons that are currently also under development,
as indicated by several documents obtained by Jane’s from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo.
The MoD’s Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA)
plans to arm these weapons, namely
the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) and
the Hypersonic Cruising Missile (HCM),
with the ‘Sea Buster’ tandem-charge warhead and a multiple explosively formed penetrator (MEFP) warhead, according to the documents.
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