(1)Aegis ship Kirishima shown to media

(1)Aegis ship Kirishima shown to media

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Japanese Aegis-equipped high-tech destroyer Kirishima is shown to the media Dec. 9 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, ahead of its dispatch later this month to the Indian Ocean to step up logistical support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation.

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