2 MSDF destroyers set sail on 1st antipiracy exercise

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami prepares at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for the force's first full antipiracy exercise Feb. 10. The Sazanami and Kure-based Samidare set sail later in the day for the drill with an eye to a possible mission off Somalia.

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