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![Japan Selects Lockheed Martin Solid State Radar for New Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Japan Selects Lockheed Martin Solid State Radar for New Ballistic Missile Defense Systems](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-screen-shot-2018-07-30-at-8.54.27-am.jpg)
Japan Selects Lockheed Martin Solid State Radar for New Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan’s picked a new $1.2 billion radar for its two ground-based Aegis ballistic missile defense sites.
![Japan’s New Ballistic Missile Defense System Acquisition Cost Doubles Japan’s New Ballistic Missile Defense System Acquisition Cost Doubles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-aegisashore.jpg)
Japan’s New Ballistic Missile Defense System Acquisition Cost Doubles
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The price for two Aegis Ashore batteries could exceed $5.4 billion -- over twice the amount initially cited by the Japanese government.
![Japan Selects Lockheed Martin Radar For New Ballistic Missile Defense System Japan Selects Lockheed Martin Radar For New Ballistic Missile Defense System](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-aegisashore.jpg)
Japan Selects Lockheed Martin Radar For New Ballistic Missile Defense System
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo has selected Lockheed Martin’s most advanced long-range radar system for its two Aegis Ashore batteries.
![Japan’s Shinzo Abe Approves Ballistic Missile Defense Expansion Japan’s Shinzo Abe Approves Ballistic Missile Defense Expansion](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-aegisashore.jpg)
Japan’s Shinzo Abe Approves Ballistic Missile Defense Expansion
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approved the procurement of two Aegis Ashore batteries.
![Japan’s Defense Minister to Visit Aegis Ashore Missile Test Site in Hawaii Japan’s Defense Minister to Visit Aegis Ashore Missile Test Site in Hawaii](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-aegisashore.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Minister to Visit Aegis Ashore Missile Test Site in Hawaii
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan’s defense minister is slated to visit a testing site of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in January.
![Japan Mulls Deployment of New Supersonic Interceptors to Counter Chinese Cruise Missiles Japan Mulls Deployment of New Supersonic Interceptors to Counter Chinese Cruise Missiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-08_20-31-03.jpg)
Japan Mulls Deployment of New Supersonic Interceptors to Counter Chinese Cruise Missiles
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo is considering the deployment of SM-6 interceptors at its proposed ground-based Aegis Ashore installations.
![US Successfully Tests SM-6 Missile Interceptor in Pacific US Successfully Tests SM-6 Missile Interceptor in Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-08_20-31-03.jpg)
US Successfully Tests SM-6 Missile Interceptor in Pacific
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Days after North Korea launched an IRBM, the United States successfully conducted a complex test of the U.S. Navy’s latest missile interceptor.
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