{"id":8666984,"date":"2026-08-02T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=8666984"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:05:48","slug":"lancement-du-premier-tomahawk-de-js-chokai-au-japon-en-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/japan-js-chokai-first-tomahawk-launch-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Japon vient de rejoindre le club des tomahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Pendant des d\u00e9cennies, le Japon a construit des navires de guerre bard\u00e9s de lanceurs de missiles, qu&#039;il utilisait uniquement pour abattre des cibles. Cela vient de changer. Le 29 juillet 2026, le destroyer JS Ch\u014dkai a tir\u00e9 un missile de croisi\u00e8re Tomahawk dans le Pacifique \u2013 une premi\u00e8re pour un navire de guerre japonais, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement marquant qui red\u00e9finit discr\u00e8tement les r\u00e8gles de la d\u00e9fense japonaise.<\/p>\r\n<p>L&#039;essai, men\u00e9 avec le soutien de la marine am\u00e9ricaine et annonc\u00e9 par Tokyo le lendemain, fait du Japon l&#039;un des rares pays, hors des \u00c9tats-Unis, \u00e0 avoir tir\u00e9 un missile Tomahawk depuis un navire de guerre de surface. Il s&#039;agit du volet mat\u00e9riel d&#039;une transformation bien plus profonde\u00a0: le Japon se dote de la capacit\u00e9 de riposter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#333\">Informations cl\u00e9s<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\">\r\n<li><strong>Bateau:<\/strong> JS Ch\u014dkai (DDG-176), destroyer Aegis de classe Kong\u014d<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>\u00c9v\u00e9nement:<\/strong> Premier tir r\u00e9el d&#039;un missile Tomahawk japonais, le 29 juillet 2026 (Pacifique, avec l&#039;US Navy)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Arme:<\/strong> BGM-109 Tomahawk (TLAM), Bloc IV et Bloc V<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Gamme:<\/strong> Port\u00e9e de plus de 1\u00a0600 km, ogive de 454 kg (1\u00a0000 lb), subsonique<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Commande:<\/strong> 400 Tomahawks des \u00c9tats-Unis, finalis\u00e9 en janvier 2024<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Plan de flotte :<\/strong> cinq destroyers Aegis pour acqu\u00e9rir la capacit\u00e9<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Ch\u014dkai :<\/strong> En service depuis 1998\u00a0; 90 cellules VLS Mk 41<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Du bouclier \u00e0 la lance<\/h2>\r\n<p>La Force maritime d&#039;autod\u00e9fense japonaise utilise depuis longtemps des destroyers Aegis \u00e9quip\u00e9s de cellules de lancement vertical Mark 41, mais jusqu&#039;\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent, ces cellules ne contenaient que des armes de d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne et anti-sous-marine. Le Tomahawk change la donne. Il conf\u00e8re au Japon une arme de frappe \u00e0 distance capable d&#039;atteindre des cibles \u00e0 plus de 1\u00a0600 kilom\u00e8tres, volant \u00e0 basse altitude et en r\u00e9gime subsonique gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un guidage GPS et un syst\u00e8me de suivi du terrain, avec une ogive de 454 kg (1\u00a0000 livres).<\/p>\r\n<p>C\u2019est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment cette capacit\u00e9 de frappe qui est essentielle. Apr\u00e8s des ann\u00e9es de d\u00e9bats, Tokyo a modifi\u00e9 sa posture de d\u00e9fense pour se doter d\u2019une capacit\u00e9 de \u201c contre-attaque \u201d face \u00e0 des adversaires utilisant leurs propres missiles \u00e0 longue port\u00e9e, et a finalis\u00e9 l\u2019achat de 400 Tomahawks \u2014 un m\u00e9lange de Block IV et de Block V \u2014 aupr\u00e8s des \u00c9tats-Unis en janvier 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2082775139494641706&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Le navire qui est parti en premier<\/h2>\r\n<p>Le Ch\u014dkai, un destroyer de classe Kong\u014d en service depuis 1998, a \u00e9t\u00e9 achemin\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis au cours du second semestre 2025 pour y subir les modifications n\u00e9cessaires au tir du missile. Largement inspir\u00e9s des destroyers de classe Arleigh Burke de l&#039;US Navy, les navires de classe Kong\u014d sont \u00e9quip\u00e9s du radar AN\/SPY-1 et du syst\u00e8me de combat Aegis, avec 90 cellules Mark 41\u00a0; cependant, contrairement \u00e0 leurs homologues am\u00e9ricains, ils sont arm\u00e9s d&#039;un canon OTO Melara de 127 mm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=885554996  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/tomahawk-launch-mk41-vls-destroyer.jpg\" alt=\"Lancement d&#039;un missile Tomahawk depuis un syst\u00e8me de lancement vertical Mark 41 d&#039;un destroyer\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un missile de croisi\u00e8re Tomahawk est lanc\u00e9 depuis le syst\u00e8me de lancement vertical Mk 41 d&#039;un destroyer de l&#039;US Navy \u2013 la m\u00eame arme que Ch\u014dkai vient d&#039;ajouter \u00e0 son arsenal. Photo : US Navy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Le minist\u00e8re japonais de la D\u00e9fense a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ce lancement comme la preuve que le programme est sur la bonne voie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201c Cet essai \u00e0 tir r\u00e9el t\u00e9moigne des progr\u00e8s constants r\u00e9alis\u00e9s dans le cadre du projet Tomahawk, et le minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense continuera de travailler \u00e0 la mise en place rapide de capacit\u00e9s de d\u00e9fense \u00e0 distance. \u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense japonais<\/strong> \u2014 D\u00e9claration officielle, juillet 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Le premier de cinq seulement<\/h2>\r\n<p>Le Ch\u014dkai retournera au Japon en septembre 2026 apr\u00e8s des essais et un entra\u00eenement compl\u00e9mentaires, mais il ne restera pas longtemps isol\u00e9. Le Japon pr\u00e9voit d&#039;\u00e9quiper cinq destroyers Aegis du missile Tomahawk, et des travaux de modification sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 en cours sur l&#039;ensemble de la flotte. Des informations font \u00e9galement \u00e9tat d&#039;une future option de frappe sous-marine, ce qui mettrait toutefois \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9preuve la r\u00e9ticence traditionnelle du Japon face aux armes offensives.<\/p>\r\n<p>Pour un pays dont l&#039;identit\u00e9 d&#039;apr\u00e8s-guerre s&#039;est construite sur une arm\u00e9e purement d\u00e9fensive, un seul missile d\u00e9rivant au-dessus du Pacifique a des cons\u00e9quences consid\u00e9rables. Le Japon poss\u00e8de d\u00e9sormais une arme capable de riposter, et la r\u00e9gion en a pris conscience.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px;margin-top:24px\">Sources\u00a0: Minist\u00e8re japonais de la D\u00e9fense\u00a0; USNI News\u00a0; Naval News\u00a0; Janes\u00a0; Stars and Stripes\u00a0; The War Zone\u00a0; The Aviationist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Articles similaires<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/japan-scramble-east-china-sea-july-2026\/\">Le Japon se pr\u00e9cipite sur la mer de Chine orientale<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/japan-xec-2-platypus-stand-off-jammer-operational-testing-2026\/\">Le transport devenu brouilleur<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades Japan built warships bristling with missile cells and used them only to shoot things down. 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On Jul. 29, 2026, the destroyer JS Ch\u014dkai fired a Tomahawk cruise missile into the Pacific &mdash; the first time a Japanese warship has ever launched a long-range land-attack weapon, and a milestone that quietly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":8666995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[664,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8666984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-aviation","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japan&#039;s First Tomahawk: JS Ch\u014dkai Fires a Cruise Missile<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The destroyer JS Ch\u014dkai has fired Japan&#039;s first-ever Tomahawk cruise missile, giving Tokyo long-range counterstrike power for the first time. 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