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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Sixth Japanese Aegis ship bound for Sasebo

The Atago, Japan's fifth warship with the Aegis defense systemCurrently, Japan has a fleet of four 7,250-ton Aegis destroyers -- the Kongou and Choukai, both based in Sasebo, the Myoukou in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, and the Kirishima in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force will deploy its sixth Aegis warship, to be equipped with Standard Missile-3 interceptor missiles, at Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, when the vessel is completed in spring 2008, according to MSDF sources.

Currently, Japan has a fleet of four 7,250-ton Aegis destroyers -- the Kongou and Choukai, both based in Sasebo, the Myoukou in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, and the Kirishima in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

The sixth Aegis warship is under construction in the city of Nagasaki. At 7,700 tons, it is a larger version of the four destroyers now in service.

The fifth Aegis vessel, the Atago, to be commissioned next spring, is to be deployed at Maizuru.

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