Japan Looks At More Aegis Afloat Instead Of Ashore

Rendering of the future F-110 frigate equipped with AN/SPY-7(V)2.
Credit: Navantia
SYDNEY—Japan is focusing on maritime deployment instead of ground installation of additional Lockheed Martin Aegis systems. The government is looking specifically at building a ninth and 10th Aegis destroyer for the program, several media outlets report. Further, Lockheed Martin seems to assume that...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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