The US Navy is hosting Japan’s Aegis destroyer JS Chokai for a yearlong training and upgrade program to integrate Tomahawk cruise missiles — a first for the Japanese fleet. The deployment follows a January 2024 agreement between Tokyo and Washington to acquire 400 Tomahawk missiles. Japan’s Ministry of Defense said that JS Chokai successfully carried out aContinue reading “Historic First: Japanese Destroyer to Be Armed With 1,000-Mile Tomahawk Missiles”
Category Archives: JMSD – Japanese Navy
Royal Navy takes part in first joint exercise with Australia and Japan in Indo-Pacific
Alex Candlin – 4th July 2024 at 11:57am In an exercise first, Japan, the UK and Australia trained together on a joint exercise ahead of a fleet review (Picture: Joint Operations Command) HMS Tamar has joined vessels from the Australian and Japanese navies in an exercise first for the three nations. She has been trainingContinue reading “Royal Navy takes part in first joint exercise with Australia and Japan in Indo-Pacific”
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force ships visiting Cape Town
Guy Martin – 1st July 2024 The training ship JS Kashima. The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is making a historic visit to Cape Town this week, when two training ships will arrive in port. This will be the first such visit since the founding of the Maritime Self-Defence Force after the Second World War.Continue reading “Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force ships visiting Cape Town”
Japan’s MHI Launches Ninth Mogami-Class Multirole Frigate For JMSDF
Launch of Natori, the 9th Mogami-class frigate. MHI picture. The new Mogami-class of frigates is intended for surveillance missions in waters surrounding the Japanese archipelago, including the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. Kosuke Takahashi 24 Jun 2024 Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the latest frigate, the ninth of a plannedContinue reading “Japan’s MHI Launches Ninth Mogami-Class Multirole Frigate For JMSDF”
Japan Announces 7-Month, Dual Big Deck Deployment, USS Carl Vinson Heading to RIMPAC https://ift.tt/IkuCHF8
DZIRHAN MAHADZIR APRIL 16, 2024 5:27 PM Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184), Indian Navy Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranvijay (D 55) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) transit the Bay of Bengal as part of MALABAR 2021, Oct. 12, 2021. US Navy Photo The Japan MaritimeContinue reading “Japan Announces 7-Month, Dual Big Deck Deployment, USS Carl Vinson Heading to RIMPAC https://ift.tt/IkuCHF8”
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