Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) said Friday that its destroyer equipped with the Aegis air defense system joined a two-day drill with the U.S. destroyers amid North Korea’s nuclear threats.
MSDF said that its destroyer Kongo, equipped with Standard Missile-3 interceptors, conducted ballistic missile information-sharing training with the destroyer USS Spruance and the cruiser USS Mobile Bay in the Sea of Japan, Japan Times reported.
During the two-day joint drill, MSDF and the U.S. Navy exchanged radar information and coordinated their response to an incoming missile.
MSDF stated that the drill was aimed at ” strengthening the capability of [the Japan-U.S. alliance] for effective deterrence and response” and maintaining regional stability.
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