Tomahawk cruise missile integration completed on Japanese destroyer

Deliveries of the missiles, which include 200 Block IV and 200 Block V examples capable of striking targets more than1,000 kilometres away, began in 2025 and will conclude in 2027.

The JMSDF will also integrate Tomahawk launch capability into its Atago-class and Maya-class guided-missile destroyers.

"By around this summer, through live-fire drills and other tests, Chokai will attain its full operational capability," the Japanese Ministry of Defence said in a social media post.