Japan Tests US Tomahawk Missile from Chokai Warship
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- Japan tested a US-Tomahawk cruise missile launched from the Chokai warship in the Pacific Ocean on July 29
- The Chokai warship launch is characterized as another move in Japan's gradual shift away from its pacifist status inherited from post-WWII constraints
Why it matters: Japan firing a US-supplied offensive strike weapon from its own warship moves Tokyo from constitutional reinterpretation into live-fire capability — a concrete operational threshold that reshapes Japan's military role in the Pacific.
