Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (L) and the Sazanami, prepare to set sail for an antipiracy mission off Somalia at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14.

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