CHINA-JAPAN: JAPAN'S SELF DEFENCE FORCES TO DEPLOY ANTI-SHIP AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES ON ISHIGAKI-JIMA ISLANDS BY 2022

An article in the Diplomat (July 6) reported that Japan’s Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo confirmed plans this week to deploy several hundred Self-Defense Force personnel and anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles to another of its southwestern islands of Ishigaki-jima sometime in 2022,  to deter and defend against a potential threat from China’s growing military.

(Comment:  Japan has been laying the groundwork for emplacing missile batteries on Ishigaki since at least 2017.)






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