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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Japan mulls boosting Aegis destroyer fleet to counter threats from North Korea and China

Kongo Class DestroyerJapan is considering boosting its fleet of Aegis-equipped destroyers from six to eight to counter threats from North Korean missile development and tensions with China over territory, a daily said Tuesday.

The government has started making arrangements to build two new Aegis vessels equipped with advanced interceptor missiles, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun said, quoted anonymous sources.

Tokyo hopes to include the plan in a new basic defence programme to be adopted at the year-end, the paper said, adding the new destroyers could be deployed within 10 years.

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