If it eventuates, the $3.6 billion deal would represent the largest-ever arms transfer between the two nations.
April 08, 2021
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launches the JS Mogami, the second completed Mogami-class frigate, in a March 3 ceremony at the company’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works.
Credit: Facebook/Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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At the end of March, I reported on the agreement penned between Japan and Indonesia, opening the way to Japanese defense exports to the Indonesian armed forces. The pact was signed during “two plus two” security talks on March 30 between the foreign and defense ministers of the two governments, which are bound by overlapping concerns about China’s burgeoning influence and territorial claims in the East and South China seas.
Japan s MHI launches second 3,900 tonne-class multirole frigate for JMSDF
03 March 2021
by Kosuke Takahashi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the second of a planned fleet of 22 3,900 tonne-class multirole frigates for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Named
Mogami, the 133 m-long vessel (pennant number 1) entered the water in a ceremony held on 3 March at the company’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Nagasaki Prefecture, and is expected to enter JMSDF service sometime in 2022.
Mogami is the first vessel of the class to be ordered by the JMSDF, although Mitsui E&S Group launched the
Kumano (pennant number 2) in November 2020.
Mogami was also originally scheduled to be launched last November but construction of the ship at the MHI’s facility in Nagasaki was delayed due to an issue with the frigate’s gas turbine engine.
Lead next-gen multi-mission frigate launched for JMSDF March 3, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched JS Mogami (FFM-1), the first-in-class of next-generation multi-mission frigates ordered by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The naming and launching ceremony took place at MHI’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works on 3 March 2021.
MAR,the naming and launch ceremony was held at Nagasaki Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. for the new FFM named “MOGAMI”. She is the first MOGAMI type of FFM and her name comes from Mogami River where located in Yamagata. It is said that Mogami River is‟the mother river . pic.twitter.com/9yzejVxVCx Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (@jmsdf pao eng) March 3, 2021