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US Navy Warships Fired SM-3s To Intercept Iranian Missiles

Handout photo dated December 10, 2018 shows a Standard Missile (SM) 3 Block IIA is launched from the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii. US Navy warships used a missile interceptor for the first time in combat over the weekend while defending Israel from an unprecedented Iranian attack. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said American forces fired the Standard Missile 3, or SM-3, to engage Iranian ballistic missiles that were fired as part of the massive barrage, which included more than 300 missiles and drones launched from Tehran and its proxies. U.S. Army photo via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's MSDF conducts Tomahawk training ahead of delivery

Photo taken on March 28, 2024, shows a launch pad for land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles on the U.S. Navy's McCampbell destroyer anchored at its naval base in Yokosuka near Tokyo. Training by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard the U.S. destroyer is shown to the media the same day, with Japan planning to buy 400 land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States for their deployment on the MSDF Aegis destroyers in fiscal 2025.

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Japan's MSDF conducts Tomahawk training ahead of delivery

Photo taken on March 28, 2024, shows a launch pad for land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles on the U.S. Navy's McCampbell destroyer anchored at its naval base in Yokosuka near Tokyo. Training by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard the U.S. destroyer is shown to the media the same day, with Japan planning to buy 400 land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States for their deployment on the MSDF Aegis destroyers in fiscal 2025.

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Japan's MSDF conducts Tomahawk training ahead of delivery

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets the press at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base near Tokyo on March 28, 2024, after training by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard the U.S. Navy's McCampbell destroyer is shown to the media, with Japan planning to buy 400 land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States for their deployment on the MSDF Aegis destroyers in fiscal 2025.

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Japan's MSDF conducts Tomahawk training ahead of delivery

Training by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard the U.S. Navy's McCampbell destroyer is shown to the media at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka near Tokyo on March 28, 2024, as Japan plans to buy 400 land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States for their deployment on the MSDF Aegis destroyers in fiscal 2025.

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Japan's MSDF conducts Tomahawk training ahead of delivery

Training by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard the U.S. Navy's McCampbell destroyer is shown to the media at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka near Tokyo on March 28, 2024, as Japan plans to buy 400 land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States for their deployment on the MSDF Aegis destroyers in fiscal 2025.

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International forum on space dialogue underway in Dakar

STORY: International forum on space dialogue underway in Dakar DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of International Forum on Space Dialogue STORYLINE: The first edition of the International Forum on Space Dialogue opened Tuesday in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, under the aegis of the African Union and the European Union. "As a fundamental pillar of human development, the space sector presents new economic, scientific, technological and military challenges," Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba said at the opening ceremony. "The African space industry is valued at more than 20 billion U.S. dollars and employs more than 18,000 people," said Tidiane Ouattara, representative of the commissioner responsible for education, science, technology and innovation of the African Union Commission. Ouattara said African states launched 45 satellites this year, a number which, according to him, will reach 165 by 2027. The three-day forum will s

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, at a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, off a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel was in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands.

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Aegis warship

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2011 shows the Fitzgerald, a U.S. destroyer equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, at Otaru port in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The United States moved the Fitzgerald on April 1, 2013, to waters near the Korean Peninsula in response to the increasingly threatening rhetoric exhibited by North Korea.

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U.S. destroyer in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - The Fitzgerald, a U.S. destroyer equipped with the most advanced Aegis missile guidance system, calls at Otaru port in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. The U.S. Navy said the call was for friendship and exchanges.

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U.S. Aegis destroyer at Yokohama passenger terminal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Aegis destroyer John S. McCain (top) makes a rare port call by a U.S. military ship at an international passenger terminal in Yokohama on July 21.

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Japan intercepts ballistic missile in space test off Hawaii

KAUAI ISLAND, Hawaii - A mock mid-range ballistic missile is launched Dec. 17 from a U.S. military range on Kauai Island, Hawaii, as a target to test the launching of the US-developed SM-3 missile interceptor from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense destroyer Kongou, equipped with the Aegis advanced missile tracking system, in waters off Hawaii.

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MSDF destroyer leaves Hawaii for missile interception test

HAWAII, United States - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped destroyer Kongou leaves a U.S. naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 14 to conduct a missile interception test on Dec. 17 with the help of the U.S. military.

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MSDF unveils destroyer with U.S. missile interceptor

HONOLULU, United States - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kongou, berthed at the U.S. naval base in Honolulu on Dec. 13. The 7,250-ton Aegis warship will test-fire a U.S.-made missile interceptor off a Hawaii island, the first test by a country other than the United States.

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Defense force officer arrested over confidential data leak

URAGA, Japan - A car carrying Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Com. Sumitaka Matsuura arrives at a police station in Uraga, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 13. Matsuuchi was arrested for allegedly taking materials, including highly confidential data, from the computer system taskforce in the U.S. Aegis defense system, in violation of Japan's bilateral agreement with the United States.

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Japan's 6th Aegis warship named Ashigara is launched

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japan's sixth Aegis destroyer Ashigara is launched at a ceremony in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s dockyard in Nagasaki on Aug. 30. The Ashigara will be fitted with the U.S.-developed sea-based Standard Missile-3 antimissile system after it goes into service in spring 2008.

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U.S. Navy's missile-tracking destroyer arrives in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The USS Mustin, a U.S. Navy destroyer equipped with the most advanced Aegis missile guidance system, arrives at the Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 8.

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U.S. to deploy ship able to shoot down N. Korea missiles

WASHINGTON, United States - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen said in an interview in Washington on July 6 that the U.S. Navy's Aegis-equipped cruiser Shiloh to be stationed in Japan next month will be the first ship capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. He expressed ''great concern'' about North Korea's missile launches.

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U.S. Navy cruiser enters Hokkaido port despite local opposition

MURORAN, Japan - The Chancellorsville, an Aegis-equipped U.S. Navy cruiser deployed at Kanagawa Prefecture's Yokosuka Naval base, enters Hokkaido's Muroran port Feb. 3. Following a murder-robbery case in Yokosuka involving a U.S. sailor in January, the city of Muroran called for the U.S. Consulate General in Sapporo to postpone the cruiser's arrival.

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U.S. Aegis destroyer makes port call at Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The U.S. Aegis guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur, deployed in the Sea of Japan to guard against North Korean ballistic missiles, arrives at Niigata port Aug. 29 to make a four-day port call for friendship activities and rest for its crew.

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U.S. Navy's John S. McCain visits Otaru Port, Hokkaido

OTARU, Japan - The U.S. Navy Aegis ship John S. McCain, based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, visits Otaru Port in Hokkaido on Feb. 5 for a five-day stay for its crew and replenishment of necessary supplies amid protest from citizens' groups.

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(2)U.S. Aegis cruiser Lake Erie makes port call at Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Some 150 local people rally at Niigata port in Niigata on Oct. 11 to protest against a port call by the U.S. Aegis guided missile cruiser Lake Erie.

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(1)U.S. Aegis cruiser Lake Erie makes port call at Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The U.S. Aegis guided missile cruiser Lake Erie enters Niigata port in Niigata on the Sea of Japan on Oct. 11. It is the first time that an Aegis-equipped U.S. ship has stopped at the port.

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(2)Japan's Aegis destroyer heads for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The 7,250-ton destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) with the advanced Aegis air defense system sails in the South China Seas for the Indian Ocean on April 10 after leaving Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture as part of Japan's efforts to provide rear-area support for U.S.-led counterterrorism military operations mainly in Afghanistan.

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(1)Japan's Aegis destroyer heads for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer Kongou with the advanced Aegis air defense system sets sail from Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture for the Indian Ocean on April 10 as part of Japan's efforts to provide rear-area support for U.S.-led counterterrorism military operations mainly in Afghanistan.

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(3)Aegis ship departs for Indian Ocean to help U.S. military

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kirishima, equipped with the advanced Aegis missile-defense system, is seen sailing off Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16. The 7,250-ton destroyer left its home base in Yokosuka earlier in the day for the Indian Ocean as part of Japan's support for the U.S.-led military operations centered on Afghanistan.

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Aegis ship departs for Indian Ocean to help U.S. military

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kirishima, equipped with the advanced Aegis missile-defense system, leaves its home base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16 for the Indian Ocean to step up Japan's logistic support for the U.S.-led military operations centered on Afghanistan.

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(2)Departure of Aegis ship Indian Ocean draws protests

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Protesters rally against the departure of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kirishima (background) to the Indian Ocean from its base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16. The destroyer equipped with the advanced Aegis missile-defense system is being sent to step up Japan's logistic support for the U.S.-led military operations centered on Afghanistan.

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Aegis destroyer Kirishima awaits dispatch

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Japanese destroyer Kirishima (C), equipped with the Aegis missile-detection system, is docked Dec. 14 at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture base ahead of its dispatch Dec. 16 to the Indian Ocean to increase logistical support for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations.

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(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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(2)Aegis ship Kirishima shown to media

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Combat Information Center (CIC) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's (MSDF) 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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(3)Aegis ship Kirishima shown to media

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The bridge of 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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(1)Japan to send Aegis ship to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at his office Dec. 4 on Japan's decision to dispatch one of its Aegis-equipped high-tech naval vessels to the Indian Ocean later December to step up logistical support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation.

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(2)Japan to send Aegis ship to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken off Hawaii on June 30, 2002 shows the Kirishima, one of Japan's Aegis-equipped high-tech destroyers engaged in joint Japan-U.S. drills. The Kirishima is based in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. Japan decided Dec. 4 to send one of its Aegis vessels to the Indian Ocean later December to step up logistical support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation.

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(3)Japan to send Aegis ship to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2001 shows the Kongou, one of Japan's Aegis-equipped high-tech destroyers berthed at Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. Japan decided Dec. 4 to send one of its Aegis vessels to the Indian Ocean later December to step up logistical support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation.

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Coalition leader urges dispatch of Aegis destroyer

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), leader of the New Conservative Party (NCP), the smallest of the three ruling parties, listens to an officer during his inspection tour of the 7,250-ton Kirishima, one of Japan's four Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced antimissile and antiaircraft systems, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 27. Afterwards, Noda urged the dispatch of the destroyer to support U.S.-led antiterror operations in and near Afghanistan.

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(1)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Aegis destroyer Kirishima launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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U.S. asks Japan for ship, plane for Afghan campaign

WASHINGTON, United States - New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (2nd from R) as Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taku Yamasaki (2nd from L) and New Conservative Party Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai (R) watch. Later in the day, the three coalition officials met separately with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, who asked Japan to dispatch a destroyer with a state-of-the-art Aegis air defense system as part of its support for the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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U.S. envoy Baker disappointed by Japan's failure to send Aegis

NAGOYA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker listens to a question from the floor during a lecture meeting in Nagoya on Dec. 3. Baker said he is disappointed by Japan's decision not to include an Aegis destroyer in its fleet to support the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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(5)Japan approves support plan for U.S.-led strikes

SASEBO, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSD) Aegis ship Kongou (L) and destroyer Sawagiri are berthed at MSD Sasebo Base on Nov. 16, 2001, as the government approved a basic plan for Japan's nonbombat support for U.S.-led war on terrorism.

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Yokosuka-based U.S. cruiser visits Kagoshima port

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The U.S. Aegis guided missile cruiser Mobile Bay arrives at Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 28 for a four-day friendship port call for replenishment and rest of its crew. The 9,700-ton cruiser, based at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, will be open to the public at Kagoshima port on Oct. 29 and 30. This is the first visit by a U.S. warship to Kagoshima since the 3,600-ton frigate Vandegrift made a port call in September last year.

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U.S. Aegis destroyer arrives in Osaka

The 8,422-ton Aegis destroyer Curtis Wilbur of the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet arrives in Osaka on April 17, underlying a provision for such visits to civilian ports under new defense cooperation guidelines agreed to by Japan and the United States last year.

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S. Korea, U.S. launch joint maritime drills involving U.S. aircraft carrier

STORY: S. Korea, U.S. launch joint maritime drills involving U.S. aircraft carrier DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of S. Korea-U.S. joint naval exercise (Yonhap TV) (file) 2. various of jet flights and sailors on deck (Xinhua, shot on Sept. 23, 2022) STORYLINE: South Korea and the United States on Monday launched their joint maritime drills near the Korean Peninsula, involving a U.S. aircraft carrier and over 20 warships from the two sides. The South Korean defense ministry said the combined naval exercise was scheduled to continue for four days from Monday in the South Korean eastern waters. Mobilized for the exercise will be more than 20 battleships, including a 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer and a 4,400-ton destroyer from the South Korean side as well as the USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group that arrived in the South Korean southeastern port city of Busan on Friday. The strike group consists of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered

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(5)Japan approves support plan for U.S.-led strikes

SASEBO, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSD) Aegis ship Kongou (L) and destroyer Sawagiri are berthed at MSD Sasebo Base on Nov. 16, 2001, as the government approved a basic plan for Japan's nonbombat support for U.S.-led war on terrorism.

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U.S. envoy Baker disappointed by Japan's failure to send Aegis

NAGOYA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker listens to a question from the floor during a lecture meeting in Nagoya on Dec. 3. Baker said he is disappointed by Japan's decision not to include an Aegis destroyer in its fleet to support the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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(2)U.S. Aegis cruiser Lake Erie makes port call at Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Some 150 local people rally at Niigata port in Niigata on Oct. 11 to protest against a port call by the U.S. Aegis guided missile cruiser Lake Erie. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Navy's John S. McCain visits Otaru Port, Hokkaido

OTARU, Japan - The U.S. Navy Aegis ship John S. McCain, based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, visits Otaru Port in Hokkaido on Feb. 5 for a five-day stay for its crew and replenishment of necessary supplies amid protest from citizens' groups. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Aegis destroyer makes port call at Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The U.S. Aegis guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur, deployed in the Sea of Japan to guard against North Korean ballistic missiles, arrives at Niigata port Aug. 29 to make a four-day port call for friendship activities and rest for its crew. (Kyodo)

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U.S. to deploy ship able to shoot down N. Korea missiles

WASHINGTON, United States - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen said in an interview in Washington on July 6 that the U.S. Navy's Aegis-equipped cruiser Shiloh to be stationed in Japan next month will be the first ship capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. He expressed ''great concern'' about North Korea's missile launches. (Kyodo)