JDS Myōkō (DDG-175)

JDS Myōkō (DDG-175)

JDS "Myōkō" (DDG-175) is a Kongō class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). "Myōkō" was named for Mount Myōkō.

She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 April 1993, launched on 5 October 1994; and commissioned on 14 March 1996.

In January 2008, it was announced that Lockheed Martin received a US$40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to the "Myōkō", the third Kongō class destroyer to be so equipped.cite web
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title=“Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer”
accessdate=2008-02-12
date= 2008-01-16
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ee also

*Japanese cruiser Myōkō

Notes

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/kongo.htm GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DDG Kongo Class]


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