Tokyo (CNN) Japan will for the first time buy long-range missiles to counter the country's "increasingly severe" national security situation, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said. A spokesman from Onodera's office told CNN Japan will be purchasing two typesof missiles -- Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles -- from Lockheed Martin to put on its F-15 fighter jets. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of two missiles that overflew northern Japan this year, which set off warning sirens. "As we rush to respond to North Korea's advancements, almost nobody is thinking about the long-term implications for regional stability. This week , the US and South Korea conducted large-scale aerial military exercises involving hundreds of aircraft and thousands of troops.

Source: CNN December 08, 2017 06:02 UTC