Thje P-1 is an EXCELLENT Maritime ptrol; and ASW aircraft. An excellent replacement for Japan's P-3s. I hope a few other countries will also purchase some...though the bulk of sales seem to be going to the US Navy P-8...and understandably so. It too is an excellent aircraft to replace P-3Cs with.
you're supposed to post a link (otherwise readers might think your post is daydreaming, fabrication, hogwash or whatever else other than FACTS)
based on:
it seems you referred to this part:
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or I misunderstood?
mean Japan has that AShM in VLS cells now?The type 17 ship launched Anti Ship Missile is based on the Vertical Launch type 12 land based anti-ship missile which originated from the air launched anti ship missile ASM-1.
Like the type 12 land based ASM, the type 17 Ship launched ASM is capable of vertical launch and equipped with GPS for mid-flight target acquisition feature.
If you look at the diagram closely you'll able to follow the progression of how the missile evolved with the top layer representing Air launched version, the middle layer representing the land based version and the bottom layer representing the ship launched version.
Well theoretically yes but don't know if they had been able to connect it into the Mk 48 launch system software which requires assistance from the US.