Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the 12th and final Mogami-class frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) at its Nagasaki shipyard. The future JS Yoshii (FFM-12) multi-role guided-missile frigate is named after the […]
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has showcased ongoing maintenance and overhaul work on the Type 10 main battle tank at its Chitose facility in Hokkaido. The process, known as “overhaul and repair,” is a critical midpoint […]
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has held a delivery ceremony for the newest Mogami-class frigate built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). As disclosed, the seventh vessel in this class, Niyodo, was delivered […]
Japan has started installing the first Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS) for a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class multirole frigates (also known as FFM) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi […]
A United States treaty ally in East Asia on Friday announced that it recently tested a new stealthy missile that is capable of conducting long-range attacks to sink hostile warships. The Japanese Defense Ministry revealed […]
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co. failed to win a $7.3 billion deal to build frigates for the Australian Navy, industry sources and foreign media said on Friday, dealing a blow to […]
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13 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s biggest defence contractor, has warned that the survival of the country’s struggling defence sector is at stake as the government debates a historic increase in military spending to counter the […]
Japan eases curbs on weapons exports, raises defence budget to record $56 billion Pacifist nation’s major overhaul to arms restrictions in a decade comes amid rising security tensions in Indo-Pacific. Japan has loosened its arms […]
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