SSM-2 – Japan showed a new missile
It is reported that all missile tests should be completed in 2025.
Japan conducted the first tests of its SSM-2 cruise missile (there are indices: Type 12 SMM-2 and Type 17) from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, reported the Japanese Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency under the country's Ministry of Defense.
According to Defense Express, the missile was launched from a ground launcher. It is indicated that all tests of the missile should be completed in 2025, because this year is determined as the beginning of its delivery to the army. The development of the ship version should be completed by the end of 2026, and the air version by the end of 2027.
“In the published photos you can see that the SSM-2 has a complex fuselage shape, which is designed to reduce radar…
