Japan in dire need of a next-generation frigate

Japan plans to build a follow-on class to its Mogami-class frigates, which are seemingly inadequate to counter China’s growing naval presence in the Pacific and North Korea’s evolving missile threats. Naval News reported that the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (ATLA) signed separate contracts in March with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and […]

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