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The Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW&C
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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Japan Receives More E-2D Hawkeyes amid AEW restructure
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has taken delivery of third and fourth Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft. In 2015, the MoD placed a $1.7 billion order for […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
The JASDF Intercepted More Chinese Aircraft During Coronavirus Pandemic Than Usual
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled its fighter aircraft a total of 675 times in fiscal year in response to Chinese military aircraft approaching the country’s airspace: a 5.8% increase compared with the same […]
Air-Launched Weapons
MHI Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile
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East Asia and Pacific Region
Japan Deploys Advanced Type 12 Anti-ship Weaponry On Southwest Isle
To boost its defenses against China in its southwestern archipelago, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) announced on 26 March that it had deployed troops and its latest anti-ship missile type to Miyakojima Island. Miyakojima […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
The JMSDF Has Commissioned First Maya-class Destroyer
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 learned GDC quoting Kosuke Takahashi. Named JS Maya (pennant […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Japan Ends Arms Export Ban , But Who wants to Buy?
TOKYO — Japanese Government is considering selling air defense radar technology to the Philippines in what would be its first export of defense equipment since ending a nearly 50-year ban in 2014. The new conditions […]