Japan Begins Captive-Carry Flight Tests Of Air-Launched Type 25 Anti-Ship Missile

Photographs from Gifu Air Base show F-2B prototype 63-8101 carrying the new Air-Launched Type 25 anti-ship missile during the programme’s first publicly observed captive-carry flight tests. Japan has taken another step towards fielding its series of next-generation indigenous stand-off weapons, with the first captive-carry flight tests of the air-l...

• Published date: 30-07-2026 11:19 AM