{"id":860423,"date":"2026-08-19T04:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860423\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T04:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:56:11","slug":"japan-australia-agree-on-sdf-use-of-missile-test-sites-in-australia-raising-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860423\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan, Australia agree on SDF use of missile test sites in Australia, raising concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles (left) gestures during a joint press conference with Japan’s Minister of Defense Koizumi Shinjiro at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Aug 18, 2026. (PHOTO\/AAP IMAGE VIA AP)<\/p>\n

TOKYO \u2013 Japan and Australia agreed in Canberra on Tuesday to advance arrangements for the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to use missile test sites in Australia, Kyodo News reported.<\/p>\n

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles discussed a range of security cooperation during their talks in the Australian capital, including allowing the SDF to conduct test launches of long-range missiles in Australia for the purpose of bolstering so-called “counterstrike capabilities.”<\/p>\n

The two sides also agreed to further expand defense equipment cooperation, including efforts to facilitate Japan’s exports of its upgraded Mogami-class frigates to Australia.<\/p>\n

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They also mentioned a successful field trial in Australia of a detection system based on laser technology and co-developed by the two countries.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Japan and Australia have continued to strengthen defense cooperation. Beyond Japan’s push to export frigates to Australia, the two countries have now expanded collaboration into long-range missile testing. The developments are seen as potentially heightening regional military tensions and confrontation, raising widespread concerns. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles (left) gestures during a joint press conference with Japan’s Minister of Defense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,2667,941,430382,158214,430381,44,153075],"class_list":["post-860423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-canberra","tag-japan","tag-japan-sdf","tag-japan-self-defense-forces","tag-missile-test","tag-news","tag-sdf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}