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Japan Commissions New Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer JS Haguro はぐろ DDG-180
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)…
19 March 2021
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)…
The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) today commissioned JS Etajima at the Japan Marine United shipyard in Yokohama. It is the third Awaji-class minesweeper.
The Japanese government announced in December 2020 a plan to procure two “Aegis System-equipped ships” for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)…
A new ocean surveillance ship, JS Aki (AOS-5203), was commissioned by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) on March 4, 2020.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki launched today the first-in-class 30FFM, a next generation frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)…
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) made a brief stop near Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 2, as part of her deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, giving the crew a rare opportunity to integrate with a III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) force reconnaissance element in the area.
UK ministers discussed the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth during the “2+2” virtual meeting with their respective Japanese counterparts…
Originally, an extended-range version of the Type 12 SSM was under development and was scheduled to be developed over a five-year period starting in FY2017.
On December 25, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced that it would include the procurement cost of the new “ASM-3A” supersonic anti-ship missile in its defense budget request for fiscal year 2021.
The Japanese government is considering to build additional Aegis destroyers as an alternative solution to Aegis Ashore…
