Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Nagasaki launched “Mogami”, the first-in-class 30FFM, a next generation frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). While another shipyard, Mitsui E & S Shipbuilding located in Okayama […]
In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. Spread out before him that April day was the largest flotilla Communist-ruled China […]
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Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine collided Monday with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off Shikoku, with three crew members on the submarine slightly injured but no major damage reported, government officials said. The […]
According to data from Defense News, it seems to casual observers that Japanese defense companies have been losing their international competitiveness in recent years. From 2000 to 2018, at least five Japanese firms were ranked in […]
The integration of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) is the most significant demonstration of this bilateral relationship between the United States and other nations. The General Security Of Military Information Agreements (GSOMIA) […]
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi on Thursday welcomed Britain’s plan to dispatch an aircraft carrier strike group to waters in the western Pacific amid China’s growing maritime assertiveness. During a video conference with his British […]
Tokyo (GDC) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government has approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending, funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longer-range anti-ship missile to counter China’s growing military […]
China represents a strategic threat to Britain as its navy could reach the North Atlantic via the Arctic by a route opened up by global heating, the head of the Royal Navy has said. Adm Tony Radakin, […]
TOKYO (GDC) — The Defense Ministry and the Japan Business Federation have agreed to step up cooperation in promoting defense equipment and technology exports. As per new arrangement, Japan will engage with the private defense […]
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