NAGASAKI, Dec 24 (News On Japan) –
Japan’s latest Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer was launched in Nagasaki City, with Defense Minister Koizumi attending the ceremony.
The naming and launch ceremony for the destroyer was held at a shipyard in Nagasaki, drawing round 200 individuals together with Koizumi and different officers.
“This vessel is hereby named Yoshii,” Koizumi mentioned in the course of the ceremony.
Named after a river that flows by way of Okayama Prefecture, the destroyer Yoshii options excessive stealth efficiency and a compact hull design, and is provided with capabilities to reply to mine warfare. It is the twelfth vessel within the newest Mogami-class sequence, representing probably the most superior class of destroyers operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Source: FNN