Navy(JMSDF)

Navy(JMSDF)

Well Balanced? Japan’s Takanami-Class Destroyers

Murasame's Successor Among the impressive fleet of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense...
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Why Japanese ASROC Missiles Are Overkill For Submarines

Deadly, Modified Versions As an island nation, Japan is heavily committed to def...
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The Hibiki-Class Ocean Surveillance Ship’s Outstanding Ability

Collecting Sound Prints When considering Japan's firsthand experience of losing ...
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Japan’s Combat-Support Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV)

Currently Under Research As drones become an indispensable asset in modern warfa...
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Why Hyuga-Class Destroyers Can’t Become An Aircraft Carrier

Japan's Helicopter Carrier Japan's postwar navy, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense...
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Can Japan’s Submarine Fleet Deter China?

Cost-Effective Weapons Learning from the brutal lessons of WW2, Japan's Maritime...
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Asahi Class Destroyers, JMSDF’s Latest Submarine Hunter

Air Defense<Anti-Submarine After suffering devastated losses to American submari...
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Super Destroyers?Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessels

An Expensive Replacement In response to North Korea's nuclear threat, Japan has ...
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Japan’s Latest Taigei-Class Attack Submarines

Updated From Soryu-class Known for their top-class stealthiness, Japan's Maritim...
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Small, But Heavily Armed? The Abukuma-Class Destroyers

For Coastal Defense Despite the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) operat...
Navy(JMSDF)

Can Japan’s New Patrol Vessels Save Its Navy?

JMSDF's First Patrol Boat The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducts...
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Japan Planning Its First Amphibious Assault Ship?

The Next Transport Ship Securing enough transport capacity is imperative for isl...
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Japan’s Formidable Soryu-Class Attack Submarines

First AIP Submarine Submarines are an extremely effective weapon that can restri...
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Why Asagiri-Class Destroyers Were So Important For Japan

The New Eight-Eight Fleet During the 1980s, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force ...
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Icebreaker Shirase – Key To Japan’s Antarctic Expedition

Operated By The Navy Despite being explored for over a century, Antarctica remai...
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The Secret Role of JMSDF’s Muroto-Class ARC

Cable Laying Ship For ASW When it comes to secrecy within the Maritime Self-Defe...
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Why Kongo-Class Aegis Destroyers Are Crucial For Japan

Japanese's First Aegis Known for their highly sophisticated air-defense, Aegis d...
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Explaining Japan’s Murasame-Class Destroyers

Large & Standardized Among the impressive list of surface vessels, the current b...
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The Type 12 Torpedo – Japan’s Latest Submarine Killer

For Short-Range Attacks Once cherished by the Imperial Japanese Navy, torpedos h...
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Super Rare? JMSDF’s Asuka Class Experimental Ship

Built Solely For Testing The JMSDF (a.k.a the Japanese Navy) hosts a pretty impr...