02.09.2023, 20:31
Zitat:Japan Requests Largest Defense Budget Everhttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...dget-ever/
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request. Plans include the construction of two ASEVs and two new FFMs. [...]
The defense ministry explained at its budget request for the next fiscal year 2024 that the new ships will be 190 meters long, 25 meters wide, and have a standard displacement of 12,000 tons. In comparison, the two Maya-class Aegis-equipped destroyers are 170 meters long, 21 meters wide, and have a standard displacement of 8,200 tons.
The ministry pointed out that the size of the ASEV will be 1.7 times as large as that of the US Navy’s latest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. The ASEV will have a crew complement of about 240, which is much fewer than the Maya-class destroyer’s 300 crewmembers.
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is expected to take delivery of the first ASEV during fiscal year 2027, with the second one in the following fiscal year. The ministry expects the construction cost per ASEV will be about $2.7 billion eventually.
Schneemann