DSCA notification sheds light on next-gen Japanese destroyers

摘要

The 7 August notification by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of a possible USD1.5 billion sale of two Aegis combat systems and other naval equipment to Japan has provided new details on the two-ship class of ballistic missile defence (BMD) destroyers that Tokyo is building. The destroyers, tentatively called the 27DDG class based on 2015 being the 27th year of the reign of the current Japanese emperor, were authorised in the fiscal year (FY) 2013 and FY 2014 budgets and were originally thought to be modified Akizuki-class hulls with an empty displacement of about 5,000 tonnes.