Japan's Sankei Shimbun reported on December 11 that the government is considering the establishment of two new "long-range missile forces" in the Land Self Defense Force, so as to realize the counterattack capability proposed in the "Three Security Documents" to be revised within the month. Relevant contents will be written into the five-year Defense Force Readiness Plan to be implemented from the next year. Hypersonic missiles can fly at more than five times the speed of sound, thus generating huge energy. Although the cruise missile with a speed of Mach 1 can force the runway of the enemy country to be unusable for a long time, it is difficult to damage the underground facilities. However, if it is replaced with a hypersonic missile, it is expected to have greater damage effects. According to the report, the government will allocate 5 trillion yen (about 314.8 billion dollars) of the 43 trillion yen (about 314.8 billion dollars) set in the defense force preparation plan to build long-range missile capabilities. Among them, about 200 billion will be invested in the research and development of hypersonic missiles, and about 400 billion yen will be needed to achieve mass production. The research and development of the improved high-speed glider cost about 300 billion yen, and it still needs 100 billion yen to achieve mass production. On the basis of the new troops, we will strive to acquire the ability to use these missiles in ten years. With regard to the cruise missiles that are expected to be deployed in combat earlier, the extended range 12 shore to ship missiles with a range of up to 1000 kilometers will receive 700 billion yen, 200 billion yen and 90 billion yen of R&D funds respectively for land based, sea based and air based missiles. Overseas procurement is mainly optimistic about the American "Tomahawk" cruise missile. (Outlook New Times)