Japan is building two new, heavily armed ASEV-type (AEGIS System Equipped Vessel) destroyers. These ships, which reportedly surpass even the Chinese Type 055 destroyers in armament, are intended to ...

The Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) has received the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna from Lockheed Martin for integration with the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV). The delivery, facilitated ...

Japan’s acquisition of the ASEV destroyers will allow it to be a more proactive bulwark against Chinese aggression. Subsequent to its defeat in World War II, Japan adopted the so-called ...