The JMSDF’s two under-construction ASEVs (Aegis System Equipped Vessel), which will bring the Japanese BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense)-capable fleet to 10 ships, are being viewed as the potent ...

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 ...

admitting that depending only on Aegis destroyers made Japan vulnerable to ballistic missiles launched by North Korea. And even if the two additional MSDF destroyers were equipped with the Aegis ...

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 ...

Murano Masashi, Japan chair fellow at Hudson Institute. The Aegis Ashore units were expected to supplement existing PAC3 interceptor missiles and Aegis-equipped destroyers to provide full coverage ...

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 ...

He said that Japan's defense systems, including the Aegis destroyers and PAC-3 air defense missiles, stood ready if any "unexpected situation" arises. That said, the Japanese prime minister ...

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