Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday commissioned the JS Kumano, a multi-mission stealth frigate with “destroyer capabilities” and the capacity to operate with a smaller crew than previous models. The JS Kumano was launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which was given the contract by the Japanese Defense Ministry in 2018 to build the first two of the planned four frigates for the country’s navy. The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force said in a tweet that the new Mogami-class multirole frigate was designed to be “compact and manpower saving.” The 133-meter-long multirole frigate has a displacement of about 5,500 tons and a maximum speed of over 30 knots, with the capacity to operate with a crew of about 90, according to Naval News. The new stealth frigate is equipped with anti-ship missiles, anti-mine sonar, anti-submarine sonar, a naval gun system, a remote weapon system, and sea mines for offensive mine warfare, among …