Missiles appear to be loaded on U.S. warship at Yokosuka base

Missiles appear to be loaded on U.S. warship at Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - What appear to be missiles are loaded on the U.S. guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 14. The loading was conducted amid watchful security and done by crane from an anchoring site at the base that stores supplies such as ammunition and fuel. The Curtis Wilbur is capable of carrying 90 antiaircraft, air-launched cruise and antisubmarine missiles.

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