Japan orders MSDF dispatch for antipiracy mission off Somalia

Japan orders MSDF dispatch for antipiracy mission off Somalia

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo taken Feb. 20 shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (foreground) and the Sazanami, moored at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. The two destroyers are to leave the MSDF Kure Base on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001132550
  • Registered date
  • 2009/3/13 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2009 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1018 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 717.18(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    GSDF Camp Ishigaki

    GSDF Camp Ishigaki

    Photo taken from a drone on April 25, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.
      2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

      2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

      Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.
        Search after MSDF choppers crash

        Search after MSDF choppers crash

        Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.
          2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

          2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

          Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (front) meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.
            2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

            2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

            Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.
              2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

              2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

              Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before.
                2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

                2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

                Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before.
                  Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

                  Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

                  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga is shown to the press at the Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 8, 2024, after the completion of the first phase of its modification work, including changes to the ship's bow.
                    Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

                    Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

                    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga is shown to the press at the Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 8, 2024, after the completion of the first phase of its modification work, including changes to the ship's bow.
                      GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

                      GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

                      The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force holds a ceremony marking the launch of a new ground-to-ship missile unit in the GSDF's Camp Katsuren in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2024.