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Jeff Head said:

... South Korea the same. They will have six of the largest AEGIS DDGS ultimately. Building their second set of three nnow. ...

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Skywatcher said:

What's the electric power generation on the Maya class?

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Jura said:

Jeff are you saying additional three KDX-III are under construction??

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Jeff Head said:

That's the Plan, according to USNI here:

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Jura said:

according to USNI News Report: South Korea Wants BMD Capability for Guided Missile Destroyers

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Jura said:

well I posted about that "plan" even earlier: Aug 15, 2016
("The Koreans are planning three additional ships in the class.")so two years later I'm wondering if there's such a thing as three more KDX-III

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Two B-52Hs flew alongside two US Navy P-8 Poseidons over the East China Sea in another show of force in the region on Wednesday, days after a similar flight alongside Japanese aircraft in the region. The bombers, part of the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, which is deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, as part of the Air Force’s continuous bomber presence mission, flew alongside the Poseidons in the vicinity of Japan over the East China Sea on Aug. 1, according to

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. The bombers were supported by a tanker from the Hawaii Air National Guard, according to Pacific Air Forces photographs of the mission. The flight came five days after two B-52s flew alongside Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15s on a bilateral training mission near Japan

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Stars and Stripes said:

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Japan’s largest ships can be modified to support F-35B Lighting II stealth fighters, according to the nation’s Defense Ministry.

A study released by the agency on April 27 concludes that flattop Izumo-class helicopter destroyers can be retrofitted to support the short-takeoff, vertical-landing jets.

“This was a basic study necessary to objectively understand the maximum potential ability of Hyuga-class and Izumo-class destroyers,” a Defense Ministry spokeswoman told Stars and Stripes in an email.

This summer, Iwakuni-based F-35Bs completed their first patrol aboard the Sasebo-based USS Wasp, an amphibious-assault ship similar to the Japanese mini-carriers.


The study also looked at the Japanese ships’ ability to launch American military drones — the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter and the fixed-wing RQ-21A Blackjack — the spokeswoman said.

A May 2 article in The Diplomat suggested that the Japanese destroyers were built to carry the F-35B with decks able to withstand jet exhaust and elevators to take them to and from internal hangars.

The ships could provide rear-line support to the U.S. military during joint military operations; however, modifications to accommodate the F-35B on the Izumo-class ships would require the installation of a ski-jump, according to the study.

In 2015, Australia canceled plans to buy a dozen F-35Bs, because of modifications that would be required for its two amphibious-assault ships.

The $1.2 billion JS Izumo was commissioned three years ago and will likely operate for another 40 years, the Defense Ministry spokeswoman said.

Officials want to understand how much the ship can be modified to respond to a changing security environment and technological innovation, she said.

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Jeff Head said:

Well, we have known this for some time...but more and more people are talking about it:

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They could do it like the US does on the Wasp and other LHD and LHAs without a ski jump with the Hyugas looking like this:

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or, they could add, or create a newer carrier based on the Hyuga that looked like this and do it like the UK will do it:

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This article was written in mid-June of this year. Watch the JMSDF budgetary requests.

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Jura said:

yeah and I still think F-35 on the Izumos/Hyugas is FANBOISH BUNK
May 15, 2015

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