JMSDF: State-of-the-art “Haguro” commissioned: 8 Aegis ships
Maritime Self-Defense Force:
The state-of-the-art Aegis ship “Haguro” of the Maritime Self-Defense Force is completed.
The delivery ceremony was held on March 19th.
Eight Aegis ships:
With the commissioning of “Haguro”, the ability to deal with ballistic missiles will improve dramatically.
Cabinet decision in 2013:
The eight Aegis ships set forth in the “Defense Program Guidelines” have been set up.
Haguro will be deployed at Sasebo Base (Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture).
In March 2020, the Aegis ship “Maya” has already been deployed.
Haguro’s latest equipment system:
With early warning aircraft, etc.
Share the location information of cruise missiles and enemy fighters in real time,
Equipped with a Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system.
Furthermore, it also has “the ability to launch the interceptor missile SM3 Block 2A jointly developed by Japan and the United States.”
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JMSDF commissions second Maya-class guided-missile destroyer
The Maya class is 5 m longer than the service’s Atago-class destroyers.
Each ship of the class
is equipped with the Aegis Baseline J7 ballistic missile defence (BMD)-capable weapon system.The Baseline J7
is supported on the ships by the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon AN/SPY-1D(V) phased array radar and the Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band (NATO I-band) (8–12.5 GHz) high-resolution fire-control radar.The Maya class
is also equipped with the US-developed Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system,which enables each of the destroyers to act as part of a wider ‘grid’ of sensors and weapon platforms that allow other CEC-equipped ships and military aircraft
– such as Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft –
to share surveillance and targeting information.
With this capability, the ship
is expected to better counter threats such as those posed by North Korean ballistic missiles.