Japan’s 2022 Defense Budget: An Overview of the New Naval Programs
On August 31, 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced its FY2022 budget request. Here are some of the key points of interest, related to the maritime domain.
On August 31, 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced its FY2022 budget request. Here are some of the key points of interest, related to the maritime domain.
Day 3 at MADEX 2021, the maritime defense exhibition held in Busan, South Korea. In this video we cover new sonar systems by local company Sonartech…

Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) is trying to build unique ships that will specialize in ballistic missile defense (BMD) using systems originally procured for a land-based installation known as “Aegis Ashore”.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)…
South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries in mid-February started construction on the first KDX-III Batch-II AEGIS destroyer for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.
The future E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) will come with aerial refueling capability…
The United States’ State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) of two Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS). These will be fitted aboard the ROK Navy’s first KDX III Batch II Destroyer.

As reported earlier in the Naval News’ Land Based Anti-Ship Missiles (LBASM) article, the U.S. Army has now decided to purchase the U.S. Navy’s Tomahawk
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) released the latest details on the configuration of its next generation frigates: the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC). They will be heavily armed, featuring Naval Strike Missiles, Tomahawk and both ESSM and Sea Ceptor!

Peter Ong reports on the Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile (LBASM) options on the table for the USMC and US Army ground forces to use against threatening enemy ships, with the latest from Virtual Modern Day Marine Expo 2020.