The Marine Corps is rapidly fielding its newest anti-ship weapons platforms in Japan. The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, better known as the NMESIS, is being forward deployed to the islands around Okinawa as part of a bilateral training exercise focused on island defense.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Col. Richard Neikirk, the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment commander, said that training with the NMESIS is ongoing. According to Kyodo News, Neikirk said that the Marines and the Japanese Self-Defense Force are coordinating how to rapidly field the NMESIS. The training is focused on deploying it to islands in the Okinawa Prefecture, where it is providing defense against potential maritime threads. Anti-ship missiles have largely been the focus of the Navy and

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