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LST4002 Shimokita (Osumi Class)




Specifications


Standard Displacement  - 8,900ton

Boundary Dimension  -        

Length: 178m
Width: 25.8m
Depth: 17.0m
Draft: 6.0m

Main Engine  -

Mitsui 16V42M-A Diesel x2;
2 shafts propulsion

Horsepower -

26,000ps
26,400ps (LST4002)

Maximum Speed  - 22kt

Crew  -
135
138 (LST4002-4003)


Gun  -20mm Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) x1

Special Equipment  - Landing Craft Air Cushion x2 on board

















Sources : http://www.f5.dion.ne.jp/~mirage/hypams03/jmsdf50th_b.html

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Iraq: Jepun cadang tamat sokongan kepada AS




TOKYO 26 Mei - Jepun mungkin menamatkan misi sokongan kepada pasukan tentera Amerika Syarikat (AS) di Iraq mulai tahun depan kerana bantahan daripada pembangkang.

Negara matahari terbit ini setakat ini telah menghantar kira-kira 210 anggota tentera udara di Kuwait yang ditugaskan untuk membawa bekalan ke Baghdad dan beberapa bahagian lain Iraq.

Pasukan tentera darat Jepun telah diundurkan dari Iraq pada tahun 2006.

"Jika memikirkan keadaan Parlimen, adalah sukar untuk mewujudkan undang- undang khas yang membenarkan penghantaran tentera ke Iraq," demikian menurut laporan berita akhbar Asahi yang memetik kenyataan pemimpin kanan Parti Liberal Demokratik (LDP), Taku Yamasaki.

Undang-undang khas itu membenarkan misi Iraq, walaupun perlembagaan pro- perdamaian Jepun bakal tamat pada Julai tahun depan.

Akhbar The Tokyo sementara itu memetik sekutu LDP, New Komeito, yang menyatakan sudah sampai masa untuk berfikir mengenai pengunduran.

Parti pembangkang telah menguasai dewan tinggi Parlimen sejak pilihan raya pada Julai lalu dan kesempatan ini digunakan mereka untuk menghalang polisi kerajaan.

- Reuters / Utusan Malaysia -

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DDG Kongō Class




The Kongō class of guided missile destroyers, a modification of the United States of America (U.S.) Navy Arleigh Burke class (Flight I), serves as the core ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)'s Escort Flotillas.



The Kongō class employs the highly advanced Aegis fire control system and is armed with the RIM-66 SM-2MR Block II surface-to-air missile, RUM-139 vertically launched anti-submarine rocket, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration, and an Oto Melara 127 mm/54 caliber gun. Its Mark 41 vertical launch system can hold 90 missiles. However, in keeping with the defensive mission of the JMSDF and passive role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in general, the Kongō-class lacks the Tomahawk missile.

As on other ships employing the Aegis system, the superstructure is dominated by the SPY-1's phased arrays, which eliminates the need for a traditional rotating antenna. The design of the superstructure also incorporates certain stealth features, designed to reduce radar cross section of the ship; however, as a consequence, the ship is considerably more top-heavy than a typical destroyer and requires a much deeper draft. As such, operations in a littoral (coastal) environment are limited. Overall, Kongō-class destroyers are much larger than traditional destroyers and at 9,485 tons displacement come close to cruisers in size. Because of being built to different operational requirements such as for carrying extra equipments for commanding a squadron, the Kongō-class ships' internal arrangement is quite different from that of the Arleigh Burke-class ships on which their design is based.

The Kongō class vessels are being modified to serve in a theater missile defense role, with the primary intention of countering North Korean ballistic missiles. This purpose and a financial crisis made the Flight II variant of the Arleigh Burke class the choice for the follow-on class to the Tachikaze and Asakaze. The new destroyer was named Atago in 2005.

Kongō class destroyers are powered by four Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500 gas turbines.

In December 2007, Japan conducted a successful test of the SM-3 block IA against a ballistic missile aboard JDS Kongō (DDG-173). This was the first time a Japanese ship was selected to launch the interceptor missile during a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. In previous tests they provided tracking and communications.



Length : 161m
Width : 21.0m
Draught : 6.2m
Refarence Displacement : 7,250t
Main Engine : Gas Turbin X 4, Double Shaft (100,000PS)
Max Speed : 30kt

Armament :
5 inch/54 Rapid Fire Gun X 1
Vertical Luncher System X 2
Short Rnge SAM System X 1
Triple-Torpedo tube X 2
20mm CIWS (Close in Weapon System) X 2
AEGIS System
ESM System
ECCM System
Anti Sub Information Processing System
Crew : 300





DDG-173 Kongō















DDG-174 Kirishima












DDG-175 Myōkō














DDG-176 Chōkai

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Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV





The Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV is a Japanese infantry fighting vehicle that entered service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1989. The vehicle was adopted at a low rate with 58 vehicles in service as of 1999, with a total of 70 produced by 2005. The main armament of the vehicle is a Oerlikon Contraves 35 millimeter KDE cannon.

Development of the Type 89 began in 1980, with four prototypes being produced in 1984. These prototypes were tested until 1986. It was accepted into service and type classified in 1989. When the vehicle entered production, the initial requirement was for around 300 vehicles, this however has been scaled back. By the end of 1999 just 58 were in service, and just two vehicles were purchased that year, with only a single vehicle purchased the following year. The primary contractor for the project was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with the main subcontractor being Komatsu Limited.












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Japanese Military Technology Advance




by Richard Fisher, Jr.
Published on December 6th, 2007
ARTICLES




On November 7 and 8 in Tokyo, the Japanese Defense Ministry抯 Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) held a briefing on its new programs, which was accompanied by a small display of many of these same programs.  Currently led by Director General Dr. Yasue Masahiro, TRDI traces its origins to the National Safety Agency抯 Research and Development Center, founded in 1952.  TRDI is responsible for developing all of Japan抯 indigenous weapon systems in cooperation with Japan抯 defense companies.  Though it has wide responsibilities, TRDI only has 1,135 formal employees, and its 2007 budget of about $1.5 billion marks a nearly 7.5 percent decline from its 2006 budget.

While Japan has remained largely dependent on imported American technology for major weapon systems since the 1950s, through the work of TRDI Japan has also succeeded in building a modern domestic defense industry dedicated to meeting Japan抯 specific requirements.  Recent TRDI successes include the new Kawasaki-built P-X four-turbofan engine maritime patrol aircraft with a TRDI designed high-bypass turbofan engine, and the new 30-ton capacity C-X twin-turbofan military transport.  While the TRDI-designed  搃ndigenous

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Mitsubishi F3



ATD-X @ Shinshin















Wind Tunnel Model






TRDI Multi Function RF Sensor with AESA Radar









TRDI XF5-1 Turbofan Engine











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Japan Receives First Kawasaki XP-1 Maritime Patrol Air



DATE:01/09/08
By:Seiji Hirokawa



Japan's defence ministry has taken delivery of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' prototype XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft for a long-term programme of test and evaluation activities.

Flown for the first time in September 2007, the demonstrator has completed an initial 11-month phase of testing by its prime contractor, which expects to build 70 production P-1s to replace Japan's KHI/Lockheed Martin P-3C Orions.





Handed over on 29 August at the company's Gifu site, the Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries XF-7 turbofan-powered XP-1 will now enter flight test and evaluation by the defence ministry's Technical Research and Development Institute and Japanese navy at the latter's Atsugi air base. Flight testing is expected to continue until the end of fiscal year 2015.

© Seiji Hirokawa

superhornet

Ermm malaysia tak berhajat ker nak beli dari jepun nie untuk APMM ..

malarky

jepun boleh jual ke?

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tak boleh jual .....

superhornet

ermmm ble jual kot ...

superhornet

ermm apesal tak leh jual eik ...

malarky

ada law yang menyatakan bahawa jepun tidak boleh mengekport sebarang produk ketenteraan mereka kepada mana2 negara didunia ini......

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKE7Z-5MvE

gancity

Originally posted by HangPC2 at 25-5-2008 09:13 PM
LST4002 Shimokita (Osumi Class)

the engine too smoky.... it look like burning

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marsox

yup...mcm terbakar pon de gk kapal ni...
srius la asap kapal ni kluar smpai bnyak tu....

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J Ships Magazine Vol 34 2008

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Jepun timbang hantar kapal tentera perangi lanun




TOKYO 25 Dis. - Kerajaan Jepun semalam mengumumkan sedang menimbangkan cadangan untuk menghantar kapal perang ke Teluk Aden bagi membanteras kegiatan lanun di perairan itu.

Jurucakap kerajaan, Ketua Setiausaha Kabinet, Takeo Kawamura berkata, kerajaan sedang membincangkan isu ini dan akan memutuskannya secepat mungkin.

"Bagaimanapun, kerajaan menghadapi masalah untuk menghantar kapal perang ekoran halangan daripada Perlembagaan negara ini.

"Mengikut undang-undang domestik, tentera hanya boleh beroperasi di perairan negara atau untuk membawa rakyat Jepun.

"Bagaimanapun, jika ia melibatkan kerjasama antarabangsa ia boleh dipertimbangkan dan penggubal undang-undang akan mengkaji perubahan dalam perundangan ini.

Sementara itu, Mainichi Shimbun yang memetik sumber yang enggan dikenali berkata, Perdana Menteri, Taro Aso dijangka mengumumkan keputusan berkenaan perkara itu pada akhir tahun ini.

Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) pada 16 November lalu buat kali pertama memberi kuasa kepada negara-negara asing untuk menghantar tentera bagi memerangi lanun di perairan berkenaan.


- AFP / Utusan Malaysia -

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Jepun Berniat Hantar Kapal Perang ke Kawasan Perairan Somalia




Jepun berniat menghantar kapal perang Pasukan Pertahanan Laut ke kawasan perairan Somalia dan merancang meminda undang-undang berkenaan untuk tujuan tersebut. Perdana Menteri Jepun, Taro Aso berkata semalam, jika tindakan tersebut dipercepatkan, Jepun sepatutnya menghantar kapal perang atas nama "tindakan kawalan laut".

Menurut Agensi Berita Kyodo, kerajaan Jepun merancang mendapatkan segera persetujuan kedua-dua parti yang berkuasa agar keputusan dapat dikeluarkan pada bulan Januari untuk menghantar kapal perang Pasukan Pertahanan Laut itu pada bulan Februari tahun depan. Jika rancangan tersebut dicapai, inimerupakan kali pertama Jepun menghantar pasukan pertahanan ke seberang laut atas nama "tindakan kawalan laut".


- Agensi Berita Xinhua China -

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Japan said set to drop F-22 buy plans



Published: Dec. 28, 2008 at 10:59 AM


TOKYO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Japanese military is set to drop plans to replace its aging F-15 jet fighter fleet with the U.S.-made F-22 Raptor stealth fighter, sources say.

Instead, government officials will concentrate on other options such as the F-35 Lightning II, made by the United States, Britain and other countries; and the Eurofighter Typhoon, produced jointly by Britain, Italy, Spain and Germany, The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted unnamed sources as saying Sunday.

The sources said Japan is backing away from the F-22 Raptor amid signs that the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is leaning toward curbing or even halting production of the aircraft. The U.S. Congress has placed an embargo on exports of the cutting-edge fighter for fear of revealing details of its advanced technology, the newspaper said.

A high-ranking unnamed official at the Japanese Defense Ministry said Saturday he "strongly" felt that the United States would halt F-22 production.