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The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.

author:Beilin dango

The Japanese Ministry of Defense's latest public budget report shows a schematic of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High Speed Skidder" and a change in the launcher, with an additional pair of wheels on the chassis, which is a boost-glide missile similar to the U.S. Army's "Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon" (LRHW) that can fly at hypersonic speeds of more than five times the speed of sound.

Japan's Heisei 30-year mid-term defense outline clearly equips two hypersonic cruise missile groups (battalion-level units) around 2028, divided into early equipment types (Block.1) and performance upgrade types (Block.2), Block.2 using gliders similar to "Dongfeng 17", missiles will use Japanese quasi-zenith satellites and inertial composite guidance, the middle gliding height is above 20km and maneuverability, and the end adopts high pitch angle penetration defense. Making it difficult to predict the rendezvous point and meet the enemy interceptor, Block.2 has the ability to strike similar aircraft carrier targets.

The "Island Defense High-Speed Skid Bomb" uses a new MEFP warhead that can produce multiple explosively formed projectiles (EFPs), because Japan has signed the United Nations's Treaty on the Prohibition of Cluster Bombs, and the MEFP is a single warhead, but a warhead that can also produce a large number of explosive and formed projectiles can circumvent the treaty restrictions.

Long-range subsonic missiles can fly over huge geographic distances and remain on standby in the mission area for a long time, but they also fly towards targets for a long time, and the survivability of subsonic missiles against enemy anti-missile systems is also questionable. The use of supersonic weapons, such as inhaled supersonic cruise missiles and boost-glide weapons, can reduce the time spent flying, hit time-sensitive targets (such as enemy mobile missile launchers), and can use high speed + complex flight trajectories to increase the difficulty of enemy interception.

[Figure 9] Japan will also conduct research on missiles to intercept hypersonic gliding vehicles (HGVs).

The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.
The latest public budget report of the Japanese Ministry of Defense shows the schematic diagram of the early equipment type (Block.1) of the "Island Defense High-speed Slide-Air Bomb" under development and the changes in the launch vehicle.

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