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Korea
Japan Deploys Aegis Destroyer in Anticipation of NK Missile Test
2003-03-13
Fox News' Headline for this article is: ‘Japan Deploys Battleship in Anticipation of North Korean Missile Test’, to say the least, I was a bit surprised to find out that the Japanese had a battleship. How'd they keep that a secret for this long?
Yamato is back?
Japan has sent a battleship Aegis destroyer to the Sea of Japan, the Defense Agency said Thursday, amid media reports that North Korea could be preparing another missile test. Defense Agency spokesman Yoshiyuki Ueno said that the Aegis-missile equipped destroyer has top-of-the-line surveillance capabilities.
Posted by:Patrick Phillips

#6  Wasn't it the Japanese that built a space battleship inside the rust of the old Yamoto and flew it to Inscandar to get the cosmo DNA which saved us all! Our Star Blazers!
Posted by: Derek Wildstarr   2003-03-13 15:19:03  

#5  probably one of their modified Arliegh Burke class DDG's - what they call a "Kongo" class.

Mean muthas...
Posted by: mojo   2003-03-13 13:45:14  

#4  Some people are ignorant to the difference between a warship and a battleship.
Posted by: Parabellum   2003-03-13 10:31:22  

#3  A competent-looking force indeed. There used to hear a lot of commentary that the Japanese only spend about 1% of their GDP on military forces. To which I have always said, "Yeah, but remember that's one percent of the Japanese GDP -- and all of their forces are concentrated in one place."
Posted by: Patrick Phillips   2003-03-13 08:40:15  

#2  http://globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/index.html
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-03-13 07:00:03  

#1  They have quite an arsenal, check it out.
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-03-13 06:59:23  

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