The U.S. Seventh Fleet confirmed to Newsweek that both the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, or LRASM, and the AIM-174B air-to-air missile were on display on Tuesday during a presidential visit aboard USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base.
The U.S. views Japan as a crucial ally under its island chain strategy, which seeks to project military power and deterrence amid potential Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and over Taiwan by forming three defensive lines across the western Pacific.
