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Japan showed off the destroyer it's turning into an aircraft carrier for F-35 stealth fighters
The JMSDF noted in the post that it was still upgrading another vessel, the Izumo lead-in-class helicopter carrier, to be able to launch and recover F-35s. Once both ships are able to operate the ...
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MSDF destroyer showcases new flexibility as ‘aircraft carrier’
These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...
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Izumo-class helicopter destroyer
Japan has issued its first order to protect a U.S. Navy warship under the country’s new security legislation. Tokyo unveils its second Izumo-class helicopter carrier.
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China warns of Japanese ‘remilitarization’ following the incorporation of a ‘quasi-aircraft carrier’
China can only respond to 'Izumo', this light aircraft carrier dressed as an 'escort vessel', by developing a real aircraft carrier,” stresses the Global Times. Despite Japanese Prime Minister ...
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Three Nations’ Carriers Just Completed Exercises in the Philippine Sea
The recent exercises marked the first time that one of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) Izumo-class multipurpose helicopter carriers took part in a “multilarge deck exercise ...