Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV)
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Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV) or (Japanese: イージス・システム搭載艦) are a pair of ballistic missile defense (BMD) warships under construction to be operated by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as dedicated sea-based BMD platforms, serving as an alternative to Japan's now-cancelled land-based Aegis Ashore BMD system.[Note 1]
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Artist's impression of future BMD ship (JSDF Photo) | |
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Name | Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV) |
Builders | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United Corporation |
Operators | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Cost | 1 trillion yen ($7.1 billion USD) both ships (est.) |
Building | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 14,000 t (14,000 long tons) standard[1] |
Length | 190 m (620 ft)[1] |
Beam | 25 m (82 ft)[1] |
Propulsion | CODAG - Two (2) x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (approx. 35.4 MW (47,500 hp) each)[2][3][4] |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Complement | 240 (total)[1] |
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Aircraft carried | Mitsubishi SH-60J/K/L |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed helicopter hangar |
Notes | Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) |
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