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おはようございます - (Ohayo Gozaimasu - Good Morning)

Kawasaki EC-1

Kawasaki C-1 "Aoki"

c JASDF

 

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NAMC YS-11EA

E-2C

 

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Kawasaki C-2

Kawasaki RC-2

 

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Nice............Great pics of Japan's SDF transports, I've not seen the Kawasaki C-2, thanks for posting!

 

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Maya-class destroyers JS Maya (L) & JS Haguro (R)

 

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Osumi-class tank landing ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) leaving Yokosuka, Japan - June 5, 2021

 

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22nd June, 2021. Third ship of the 30FFM class frigate, JS Noshiro is launched

 

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Type 90 MBT

 

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Type 16 Manoeuvre Combat Vehicle

Type 10 and Type 90 tanks

 

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On July 7, when sailing in vicinity of Indonesia, The JMSDF Training Squadron found and rescued 3 drifted Indonesians in distress. They handed over the distressed persons to the Indonesian Navy

 

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JS Kaga, 10 July 2021

 

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Soldiers with the 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment discuss their approach toward their objective during a training scenario at Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 in Bowen, Queensland, Australia

 

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15th Infantry Regiments Type 16 manoeuvre combat vehicle

 

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Hayabusa-class guided missile patrol boat JS Hayabusa (PG-824) leaving Yokosuka, Japan - August 11, 2021

Hayabusa-class guided missile patrol boat JS Wakataka (PG-825) leaving Yokosuka, Japan - August 11, 2021

Takanami-class destroyer JS Takanami (DD-110) coming into Yokosuka, Japan - August 11, 2021

 

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AAV7A1 RAM/RS (Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard) version, with a more powerful engine and drive train and an upgraded suspension system, providing improved mobility, command, control and repair capabilities.

 

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Three new-generation Japanese frigates of the 30FFM project under construction at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Nagasaki.

Mogami

Noshiro

Third so far unnamed, under construction in dry dock

Frigates 30FFM will replace Asahi-class destroyers (planned to build 8 units) and will be able to conduct mine operations. Displacement of approximately 3900 tons, length 130 m, width 16 m, power plant combined gas turbine / diesel (CODAG - one Rolls-Royce MT30 GTU and two MAN diesel engines). Armament - AU Mk 45 caliber 127 mm, UVP for KR and SAM (16 or 24), 8 anti-ship missiles (possibly based on XSSM), SeaRAM self-defense system, helicopter hangar, torpedo tubes and launchers for dipole reflectors.

 

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Japanese non-nuclear submarine of the Sōryū class in front of the statue of the goddess Kannon in the Sendai area, September 2021.