Arleigh Burke class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Milius.
Credit: Rick Pisio\RWP Photography / Alamy Stock Photo
Japan is studying a new class of air defense destroyer that is equipped with a railgun, new surface-to-air missiles and directed energy weapons to better counter large-scale missile strikes and asymmetrical attacks. Designated the 13DDX, the concept was first presented by Vice Adm. Shinichi Imayoshi...
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