Diesel-electric submarines like the Taigei class offer Japan a fearsome weapon against China—at a fraction of the cost of cutting-edge American ones.
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Japan is becoming a submarine powerhouse
Japan now operates five cutting-edge Taigei-class submarines, in addition to its 12 Soryu-class and 6 Oyashio-class vessels.
The JMSDF is procuring Sakura-class OPVs at a rapid pace to strengthen maritime surveillance around Japan amid growing regional security pressures, particularly China’s expanding maritime activities.
Japan has named and launched two more Sakura-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The vessels entered the water at Japan ...
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the fifth of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack ...
Japan's 13DDX concept inherits features from the JMSDF's Mogami class, one of which is seen here at Changi Naval Base in 2023, and its Asahi-class destroyers. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat) The Japan Maritime ...
Personnel from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) have spent time aboard the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) HMS Prince of Wales to gain insights into aircraft carrier operations. The JMSDF officers ...
The diesel-electric attack submarine Jingei was launched at a ceremony in Kobe City on October 12, 2022. Credit: Kosuke Takahashi Subscribe for ads-free reading Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...
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