The People’s Republic of China Army Navy (PLAN) is experiencing an unprecedented rise in ships and capabilities. China is building virtually every class of warship, from aircraft carriers to corvettes ...

The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Atago-class (aka 27DD- or 27DDG-class) guided missile destroyer, the future Maya (PN 179), completed its second round of sea trials late last month, ...

The decision follows the publication of the Japanese MoDs 2019 defense budget request last week, which asks for $99.9 million for the procurement of an undisclosed number of SM-6 missiles. Earlier ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Both ships have good designs, but China’s is a little more of an achievement because the country’s shipyards are relatively new to building large modern combat ships.

In a bid to improve Japan and South Korea’s integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) system, the two countries will install their latest destroyers with Aegis Baseline 9, Defense News reported ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Maya (Improved Atago)-class Aegis-equipped destroyer in a ceremony held on 19 March in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Named ...

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The Atago class Destroyers are the main surface warships of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. These destroyers are able to take on any role from anti-air defense to ground strike to anti ...

The People’s Liberation Army has explicitly identified the US Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and Japan’s Atago-class destroyer as enemy targets in an information display for the navy’s open day. The ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the first of two Maya (Improved Atago)-class, Aegis-equipped destroyers in a ceremony held on 19 March in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.