While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific ...

TOKYO — The United States has approved a $900 million missile sale to Japan, the third major arms purchase of its kind by the ...

But the new design was chosen to provide greater surveillance of Chinese vessels intruding into waters around Japan. The Aegis destroyers would normally be tasked with patrolling the East China ...

Japan has also introduced another large vessel type, the Maya-class missile destroyers, equipped with the AEGIS battle management system in the past few years. More of these large AEGIS-equipped ...

Japan is considering an offshore missile interception ... construction of additional Aegis destroyers; and deployment of the radar system on land and deployment of the missile launcher on a ...

Japan currently relies on destroyers equipped with advanced Aegis radar systems and the land-based PAC3 system to intercept ballistic missiles. If a missile is fired toward Japan, an Aegis ...

Aegis Ashore is a system that places the Aegis destroyer's ballistic missile defense system on land. The ministry had chosen the city of Akita in northeastern Japan as one of two potential sites ...

Japan has continued to claim Korea's easternmost ... A mobile squadron can be made up of two Aegis ships, 4,200-ton destroyers, two 3,000-ton submarines and one transport ship ― which can ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group will carry out the week-long French-hosted exercise Pacific Steller with the French CSG ...

South Korea’s military has launched a naval task fleet command that operates Aegis destroyers equipped with a radar system ...