JMSDF already has eight Aegis Combat System-equipped guided missile destroyers- two Kongo, two Atago & four Maya class. I am wondering if we have any plans for such a warship in the future.

These missiles are employed on AEGIS destroyers and cruisers in service with the US Navy ... A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its 27 Ticonderoga (CG 47) class Aegis guided missile cruiser on July 9, when USS Port Royal (CG 73) joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet during commissioning ceremonies in ...

The United States has been attempting to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer for over 30 years. Despite the ...

The United States has been attempting to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer for over 30 years. Despite the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: An alert carrier battle group’s defenses, directed by a guided missile cruiser armed with the Aegis Combat System, would likely take out most of the ...

As the U.S. Navy waits for more of its Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyers to join the fleet, existing Flight IIA DDGs will increasingly be taking on the air defense commander role in a carrier ...

Several years ago the U.S. Navy put as many as ten DDG 51 Flight III guided-missile destroyers on contract to help catapult the service into a new dimension of maritime... The Japanese military is ...

The Pentagon has released few details of the accident, but the two F/A-18 crew members ejected seconds before the missile struck. They suffered minor injuries ... The last one happened in 1988, when ...

Japanese officials were waiting for a U.S. reaction to Kono’s decision because not having the Aegis Ashore system in Japan would affect Washington’s own missile defense plans.