Japan's 6th Aegis warship named Ashigara is launched

Japan's 6th Aegis warship named Ashigara is launched

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japan's sixth Aegis destroyer Ashigara is launched at a ceremony in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s dockyard in Nagasaki on Aug. 30. The Ashigara will be fitted with the U.S.-developed sea-based Standard Missile-3 antimissile system after it goes into service in spring 2008. (Kyodo)

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