The Japan Security Watch blog has published images of the
Kawasaki XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft conducting flight tests with two Type-91 anti-ship missiles on
its inboard missile pylons. The two outboard pylons, between engines 1-2 and
3-4, are empty in the photos.
Japan
currently has two aircraft for flight tests and two for ground tests. In August
we reported that the ground testing aircraft developed cracks in their wings
and fuselage, though Japan's defence ministry was unable to tell us how this
would affect testing or procurement timeframes.
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