Japan to buy 'standoff' missiles to counter North Korea

Japan military missiles.
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Japan plans to purchase long-range missiles for the first time in the history, CNN reports, to handle its "increasingly severe" national security situation.

The government plans to equip its F-15 fighter jets with long-range anti-ship missiles as well as air-to-surface missiles, CNN says. New F-35 stealth fighter jets will gain joint strike missiles.

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Elianna Spitzer

Elianna Spitzer is a rising junior at Brandeis University, majoring in Politics and American Studies. She is also a news editor and writer at The Brandeis Hoot. When she is not covering campus news, Elianna can be found arguing legal cases with her mock trial team.q