Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

[designeraccd]

A view of the KAGA undergoing F-35B mod, note fore end of flight deck.......... DFO

[designeraccd]

A first look from the front of KAGA's new flight deck leading edge. Quite the change! DFO

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Helicopter Destroyer Hyūga pictured at Maizuru, January 23rd, 2023.

[Brian James]

JMSDF as of 2023...

[Pelican]

Japanese carrier Izumo set to receive JPALS landing aid

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/ja ... 76.article

LFT

[Pelican]

"The aircraft carrier Kaga is reborn as she receives a full width bow that matches the width of her flight deck. This is part of the F-35B suitability conversion. This will allow her to fly F-35Bs off her deck by using a much longer portion of her length for rolling takeoffs. Sadly, no HMS QE style ski-jumps but USN style flat decks."

[Brian James]

The 7th Mogami Class Frigate pictured under construction at Mitsubishi Shipyards, Nagasaki on July 13th 2023.

[Pelican]

Japan not messing around with its new multi-role missile defence cruisers

-190 meters long
-25 meters wide
-12,000 tons standard displacement
-240 crewmembers
-128 VLS cells (SM-6/SM-3 Block IIA/Tomahawk)
-Type 12 anti-ship missile

See - https://twitter.com/ryankakiuchan/statu ... 0581031936
And - https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... dget-ever/

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Multi-mission Stealth Frigate Mogami...2023.

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Guided Missile Destroyer Akizuki....2023.