The ASEV, a state-of-the-art missile defense warship, is a key part of this effort. Equipped with the Aegis Combat System and Lockheed Martin’s SPY-7 radar, these ships are designed to tackle ...

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 ...

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 ...