A Japan-based U.S. Marine Corps unit designed to lock down maritime chokepoints and sink naval vessels has deployed the first forward-based American anti-ship missiles along the first island chain this week. Stationed on Okinawa, Japan, the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) is the most recent of the service’s next-generation units derived from Force Design concepts ... The post U.S. Stations Marine Anti-Ship Missiles in the Western Pacific appeared first on Naval News .

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