ASM-3 testing completed, production starts next year

Mainichi repprted on Jan. 7 that Japan has completed the development and testing of its ASM-3 supersonic anti-ship missile.

JASDF F-2 carries XASM-3 at Gifu air base 2017
By Z3144228 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Carried by the F-2 fighter, the Mach 3 capable missile will enter production in fiscal 2019.