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[64] [65] On August 31, 2022, the Japan Ministry of Defense announced that JMSDF will operate two "Aegis system equipped ships" (イージス・システム搭載艦 in Japanese) to replace its earlier cancellation of the Aegis Ashore program, commissioning one ship by the end of fiscal year 2027, and the other by the end of FY2028. The budget ...
On August 31, 2022, the Japan Ministry of Defense announced that JMSDF will operate two "Aegis system equipped ships" (イージス・システム搭載艦 in Japanese) to replace its earlier cancellation of the Aegis Ashore program, commissioning one ship by the end of fiscal year 2027, and the other by the end of FY2028. The budget for design ...
The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) began construction of the Aegis-equipped Kongō class in FY1988 as the core ship for air defense of its fleet. With the commission of the Kongo class, each of the four escort flotillas (護衛隊群, Goei-tai-gun) had one Tartar-equipped destroyer and one Aegis-equipped destroyer. [4]
"JMSDF To Put Its Latest Aegis Destroyer JS Maya Through Its Paces". Naval News. Rimland, Ben (1 August 2018). "Japan Launches Future Aegis Destroyer JS Maya". Navy Recognition. Tokumaru, Shinichi (December 2018). "Air defense system of new JMSDF DDG Maya". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (889). Kaijin-sha: 53– 57. NAID 40021712920.
The Kongō-class destroyers are named after mountains in Japan, and all four also share their names with World War II-era Japanese warships. Kongō and Kirishima share their names with two ships of the Kongō -class battlecruiser , while the other two ships share their names with the heavy cruisers Myōkō and Chōkai .
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 April 1993, launched on 5 October 1994; and commissioned on 14 March 1996.. In January 2008, it was announced that Lockheed Martin received a US$40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to the Myōkō, the third Kongō-class destroyer to be so equipped.
The two destroyers, U.S. Naval Institute News reports, will be specially built to embark the Aegis combat system, radar, and SM-3 missile interceptors. Each ship will weigh about 20,000 tons, with ...
The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.