While Japan is in the process of massively up ... Presently, the JMSDF operates a total of eight Aegis-equipped destroyers. These include four Kongo-class destroyers, commissioned in the 1990s ...

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 ...

Additional time would also be needed to train the destroyer crew. The original plan painted a rosy scenario for Japan’s defense. The land-based Aegis Ashore system was supposed to provide around ...

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 ...

It is designed to provide close-in defense for Japanese helicopter carriers while operating alongside older Kongo-class ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan relies on a two-layered system in its missile defenses. Four Congo-class and two Atago-class destroyers are equipped with Aegis SM-3 missiles, designed to engage missile in the mid-course phase.

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 ...