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The missiles were fired from the Maya-class Aegis destroyers JS Maya on Nov. 16 and JS Haguro on Nov. 19 against targets fired from the U.S. Navy Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.
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The missiles were fired from the Maya-class Aegis destroyers JS Maya on Nov. 16 and JS Haguro on Nov. 19 against targets fired from the U.S. Navy Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.
Japan’s Cabinet approved a record 5.4 trillion yen (U.S. $47 billion) for its defense budget for fiscal year 2022, marking a record high for eight consecutive years, amidst Japanese concern about its capabilities to meet the threats posed by China, North Korea and Russia. The budget covers a wide field ranging from procurement, upgrades, capability […]
11th December 2020 - 20:00 GMT | by Koji Miyake in Tokyo RSS Two new ballistic missile defence warships will be even more expensive than the Aegis Ashore system that Japan cancelled earlier. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato announced in a 9 December press conference that the Japanese government had decided to build two additional Aegis warships instead of procuring Aegis Ashore. The warships will be equipped with SPY-7 radar and be larger than current Maya-class Aegis destroyers that have a 10 ... Want to read more? To read this article, along with thousands of othe...