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Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV) or (Japanese: イージス・システム搭載艦) are a pair of ballistic missile defense (BMD) warships under construction to be operated by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as dedicated sea-based BMD platforms, serving as an alternative to Japan's now-cancelled land-based Aegis Ashore BMD system.
The Arrow is considered one of the most advanced missile defense programs currently in existence. [24] It is the first operational missile defense system specifically designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. [25] [26] The first Arrow battery was declared fully operational in October 2000.
Defense officials were also focusing on unmanned weapons and artificial intelligence to make up for the declining number of servicemembers as a result of the country's shrinking population. The ministry's request for 2025 marks the third year of Japan’s rapid five-year military buildup plan under the government’s ongoing security strategy ...
Basing Japan's missile defence systems at sea may cost at least twice as much to complete as its now-abandoned plans for Aegis Ashore ground-based sites and delay it to 2028, a person with ...
OYQ-1 (Combat management system) OYX-1-29 (Console display system) Electronic warfare & decoys: NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser: Armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun ; 2 × missile canisters for a total of 8 Type 17 anti-ship missiles; 1 × SeaRAM
Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile defense system as the allies seek to defend against the growing threat of hypersonic weapons ...
Both test firings were conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai Island, Hawaii, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency. This was the first time the two ships conducted SM-3 firings at the same time, and the tests validated the ballistic missile defense capabilities of Japan’s newest Maya-class ...
The range has doubled to 400 kilometers and is also planning to re-apply for the improved version of the surface-to-ship system (Type 12 Kai) and the air-launched variant for the P-1 patrol aircraft. [6] [7] Procurement of the air-launched variant of the missile will begin in FY2025 as the Type 23 air-to-ship missile. [8]