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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), top, the U.S Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ariake (DD 109) sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st C

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Sailors signal an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, right, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Blue Blasters” of VFA-34 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Appre

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows An SH-60K Seahawk, assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy with aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 sail and fly in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 fly in formation during a trilateral exercise with ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 10, 2024 shows U.S. Sailors perform maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fight Squadron (VFA) 154 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Krescent Peters via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), front, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) sail alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus via A

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated June 12, 2017 shows F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), front, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), right, USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), left, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) in the western Pacific. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones an

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan conduct naval exercise

STORY: S. Korea, U.S., Japan conduct naval exercise DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of naval exercise (courtesy of South Korean Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: South Korea, the United States and Japan began a two-day naval exercise in international waters south of South Korea, officials said on Monday. The anti-submarine and search-and-rescue exercise was staged from Monday to Tuesday in international waters south of the South Korean southern island of Jeju, according to South Korea's Ministry of National Defense. South Korea mobilized three destroyers and one combat support ship, the United States engaged the USS Nimitz nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, along with USS Wayne E. Meyer and USS Decatur destroyers, and Japan sent JS Umigiri destroyer. It marks the first trilateral anti-submarine exercise in six months since September 2022, the South Korean ministry said. The trilateral search-and-rescue exercise will be held in seven

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Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers heading for a mission to escort merchant and other civilian vessels in pirate-infested waters off Somalia from a port in Djibouti on July 8, 2011. The Japanese government has decided to extend the MSDF's antipiracy mission in East Africa, due to end July 23, by one year.

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somalia

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - Two P-3C surveillance aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fly by the Sazanami, one of two MSDF destroyers dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, over the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6. The planes complement the destroyers, which have been escorting Japanese-related commercial ships since late March, by conducting surveillance flights over the gulf. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somalia

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - The Sazanami, one of two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers deployed on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, sails in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6 near another vessel (back). The Sazanami and another MSDF destroyer, the Samidare, have been taking part in operations to escort Japanese-related commercial vessels in the waters off the Horn of Africa since late March. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somalia

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - A member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force operates a large hailing device called a Long Range Acoustic Device aboard the Sazanami, one of two MSDF destroyers deployed on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6. The Sazanami and another MSDF destroyer, the Samidare, have been taking part in operations to escort Japanese-related commercial vessels in the waters off the Horn of Africa since late March. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan destroyers on antipiracy mission make 1st port call in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Capt. Hiroshi Goto (L), the escort division commander leading Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia, meets Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh (R) in Djibouti on April 6 after the first port call by the two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers dispatched on the mission.

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Japan destroyers leave for antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (foreground) and the Sazanami (R), leave the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Hiroshi Goto, who leads the force's antipiracy mission off Somalia, speaks to reporters at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, before two MSDF destroyers set sail on the mission March 14.

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso addresses a ceremony to see off two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers leaving for an antipiracy mission off Somalia at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14.

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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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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.

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2 MSDF destroyers to leave for antipiracy mission March 14

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo taken February 20 shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Sazanami (L) and the Samidare (R), moored at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. An execution plan indicated March 4 that the government will dispatch the destroyers on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

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2 U.S.-made destroyers join Taiwan's navy

KEELUNG, Taiwan - The first two of four Kidd-class destroyers sold to Taiwan by the United States are berthed at Keelung port after joining the Taiwanese Navy on Dec. 17. Both President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu visited the northern Taiwan port to attend a grand commissioning ceremony organized for the two U.S.-made warships, part of an arms procurement package approved in April 2001 by the U.S. government.

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2 destroyers leave to replace other ships in Arabian Sea

SASEBO, Japan - The 3,850-ton destroyer Asakaze of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leaves the MSDF's Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on July 1 for the Indian Ocean. The Asakaze and the 4,555-ton destroyer Inazuma, which left Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture the same day, will replace two vessels that are providing logistic support for the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

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(2)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - Two destroyers of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) -- the 5,200-ton Kurama (foreground) and the 4,550-ton Kirisame (background) -- sail from the town of Oseto, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after leaving the MSDF's Sasebo base earlier in the day. The two destroyers and the 8,100-ton supply ship Hamana are expected to arrive in the Indian Ocean in two weeks, where the three-ship flotilla will conduct a fact-finding mission as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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(3)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - Members of a local labor union raise their fists in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 9 to protest the departure of three ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) from the MSDF's Sasebo base for the Indian Ocean. The vessels -- two destroyers and one supply ship -- will head for the Indian Ocean to collect information as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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(3)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - Members of a local labor union raise their fists in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 9 to protest the departure of three ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) from the MSDF's Sasebo base for the Indian Ocean. The vessels -- two destroyers and one supply ship -- will head for the Indian Ocean to collect information as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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2 MSDF destroyers to leave for antipiracy mission March 14

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo taken February 20 shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Sazanami (L) and the Samidare (R), moored at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. An execution plan indicated March 4 that the government will dispatch the destroyers on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso addresses a ceremony to see off two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers leaving for an antipiracy mission off Somalia at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Hiroshi Goto, who leads the force's antipiracy mission off Somalia, speaks to reporters at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, before two MSDF destroyers set sail on the mission March 14. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyers leave for antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (foreground) and the Sazanami (R), leave the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia. (Kyodo)

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Japan begins antipiracy mission off Somalia, escorts 5 ships

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami is seen moving in the Gulf of Aden on March 30. The vessel is one of two Japanese destroyers that began an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia the same day, marking the start of the first such mission abroad for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. The other Japanese destroyer is the 4,550-ton Samidare. (Courtesy of the Defense Ministry)(Kyodo)

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Japan destroyers on antipiracy mission make 1st port call in Djib

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Capt. Hiroshi Goto (L), the escort division commander leading Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia, meets Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh (R) in Djibouti on April 6 after the first port call by the two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers dispatched on the mission. (Kyodo)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somal

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - Two P-3C surveillance aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fly by the Sazanami, one of two MSDF destroyers dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, over the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6. The planes complement the destroyers, which have been escorting Japanese-related commercial ships since late March, by conducting surveillance flights over the gulf. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somal

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - The Sazanami, one of two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers deployed on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, sails in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6 near another vessel (back). The Sazanami and another MSDF destroyer, the Samidare, have been taking part in operations to escort Japanese-related commercial vessels in the waters off the Horn of Africa since late March. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somal

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - A member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force operates a large hailing device called a Long Range Acoustic Device aboard the Sazanami, one of two MSDF destroyers deployed on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6. The Sazanami and another MSDF destroyer, the Samidare, have been taking part in operations to escort Japanese-related commercial vessels in the waters off the Horn of Africa since late March. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Advert for buying Defence Bonds in WW2 1941

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Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold deployed at Yokosuka

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold arrives to be deployed at a U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, the home of the U.S. Sevent Fleet located south of Tokyo, on Oct. 19, 2015. The vessel is one of the two guided-missile destroyers which the U.S. Navy plans to add to its forward deployed forces in Japan by 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 U.S.-made destroyers join Taiwan's navy

KEELUNG, Taiwan - The first two of four Kidd-class destroyers sold to Taiwan by the United States are berthed at Keelung port after joining the Taiwanese Navy on Dec. 17. Both President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu visited the northern Taiwan port to attend a grand commissioning ceremony organized for the two U.S.-made warships, part of an arms procurement package approved in April 2001 by the U.S. government. (Kyodo)

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Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers heading for a mission to escort merchant and other civilian vessels in pirate-infested waters off Somalia from a port in Djibouti on July 8, 2011. The Japanese government has decided to extend the MSDF's antipiracy mission in East Africa, due to end July 23, by one year. (Kyodo)

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(2)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - Two destroyers of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) -- the 5,200-ton Kurama (foreground) and the 4,550-ton Kirisame (background) -- sail from the town of Oseto, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after leaving the MSDF's Sasebo base earlier in the day. The two destroyers and the 8,100-ton supply ship Hamana are expected to arrive in the Indian Ocean in two weeks, where the three-ship flotilla will conduct a fact-finding mission as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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U.S. Navy to relieve commander of 7th Fleet after collisions: report

Photo taken in June 2017 shows Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet based in Yokosuka near Tokyo. The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 22 that the U.S. Navy plans to relieve Aucoin of his duties after two fatal collisions between destroyers and civilian vessels in Asian waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo