Japan destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) is heading to the U.S. for a year-long deployment during which the destroyer will undergo ...

Japan has taken steps to integrate the Tomahawk cruise missile onto its fleet of Aegis-equipped destroyers and will soon ...

The Japanese destroyer JS Chokai conducts dummy Tomahawk missile-loading training at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on5, 2025.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, with sailors in their summer whites manning the rails, concluded a decade with the ...

The Japanese destroyer JS Chokai is en route to San Diego, where its crew will learn how to use the powerful, American-made ...

Japan plans to modify one of its destroyers to be Tomahawk cruise missile capable by March 31, 2026, and may conduct operational firing tests the following year in the U.S., Japan’s defense minister ...

The Chokai will remain in the U.S. until mid-September 2026. It is expected to acquire Tomahawk missile launch capability ...

The older Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese aircraft in December 1941. In the modern age, it faces a new enemy: looters intent on plundering its valuable low-background steel.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai on Friday left for the United States, where it will test-fire a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has revised the hull classification symbols for JMSDF vessels effective October 2024. The ...

Japan swears the Izumo-class ships aren’t aircraft carriers, but their full-length flight decks, F-35B upgrades, and carrier ...

Amid the continuing tariff tensions between India and US, the armed forces of the two countries continue to undertake the ...