Destroyer Kirishima

Destroyer Kirishima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis ship Kirishima off Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 31, 2012. The ship left the Yokosuka base that morning for the East China Sea ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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  • ILEA001168113
  • Registered date
  • 2012/3/31 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
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  • 3525 × 2223 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.19(MB)*
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