Japan upgrading four Aegis ships in advance of December test

By the end of this year Japan will have upgraded all four of its Aegis destroyers to perform missile defense missions in anticipation of conducting its first missile defense test with the system in December, according to Aegis prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The four Kongo-class destroyers are...

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