• The Sasebo Naval Base (Japanese: 佐世保基地, Hepburn: Sasebo Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities...
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    The Kure Naval Base (Japanese: 呉基地, Hepburn: Kure Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Kure Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the...
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    particular the JMSDF. The primary base of the JGSDF's Western Army Infantry Regiment is also among the facilities there. The village of Sasebo was established...
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    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Fleet Air Force (Japanese: 航空集団, romanized: kōkū shūdan) is its naval aviation branch, responsible for both...
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    Yokosuka Naval District were ceded back to house a new base for JMSDF, now known as JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base. On 5 October 1973, USS Midway, with Carrier Air...
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    News Blog. United States Naval Institute. Retrieved October 11, 2022. "US Navy, JMSDF And ROK Navy Conduct BMD Exercise". NavalNews.com. October 6, 2022...
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    abbreviated JMSDF (海自, Kaiji), also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense...
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    Fleet Escort Force (category Naval history of Japan)
    Japan's maritime defense. On September 4, 2024, it is reported that the JMSDF will abolish the FEF with the MWF and replace it with the Fleet Surface...
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  • List of destroyers of Japan (category Japanese naval-related lists)
    1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship...
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    multi-mission stealth frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). In 2015, the Japanese defense budget allocated funds to study the construction...
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    Rising Sun Flag (category Naval ensigns)
    the Rising Sun Flag has been the war flag and naval ensign of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). JSDF Chief of Staff Katsutoshi Kawano said...
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  • Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities (category Naval installations)
    Atsugi Naval Air Base - now Naval Air Facility Atsugi operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy Kure Naval Base - now a...
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    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...
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    Yokosuka Naval Base, now JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base Sasebo Naval Base, was Sasebo Naval Arsenal now United States Fleet Activities Sasebo Naval Base Tateyama...
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  • Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) called the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). In 2015, the JMSDF was ranked by Credit Suisse as the fourth most powerful military...
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    Kanagawa Nagiridani Dependent Housing Area, Sasebo, Nagasaki Naval Air Facility Naha, Naha, Okinawa Naval Air Facility Oppama, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Navy...
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    solely defensive. JMSDF ships can be dispatched worldwide such as in activities against pirates. The JSDF's first postwar overseas base was established...
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    areas in Japanese territorial waters if invaded. The ARDB is based at Camp Ainoura in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. In light of tensions over the Senkaku...
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    United States Fleet Activities Sasebo United States Fleet Activities Okinawa onboard Kadena Air Base (support services to Naval personnel) Singapore Area Coordinator...
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  • beyond, IN Ships Satpura & Kadmatt entered Sasebo, Japan this morning to a rousing welcome @DefenceMinIndia @JMSDF_PAOpic.twitter.com/nCNsrbUtri". @indiannavy...
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    Tōgō Heihachirō (category Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich)
    admiral during this time. In 1899, he was appointed commander of the Sasebo Naval College, and he also served as Commander of the Standing Fleet. With...
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    Imperial Japanese Navy (category Naval history of Japan)
    Japan's surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed between 1952 and 1954 after the dissolution of the IJN. The...
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    and later a combat direction system based on the Naval Tactical Data System was added. Nevertheless, the JMSDF estimated that its fleets would not survive...
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    Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (category Naval weapons of the United States)
    News Blog. United States Naval Institute. Retrieved October 11, 2022. "US Navy, JMSDF And ROK Navy Conduct BMD Exercise". NavalNews.com. October 6, 2022...
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    USS Towers (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    early February 1982 with an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise off Sasebo with JMSDF ships Kurama and Sagami. During the exercise, the warship successfully...
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    missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kongō is the third Japanese naval vessel named after Mount Kongō. She was laid down by Mitsubishi...
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    USS Tautog (SSN-639) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    British naval forces. During this deployment, the crew was still able to enjoy such liberty ports as Guam, Hong Kong, Yokosuka (Japan), Sasebo (Japan)...
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    Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It was the second class of first-generation general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF. The JMSDF started construction of...
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    Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). This is the first class of the second-generation, general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF. Since fiscal year 1977, the JMSDF started construction...
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    Shirane-class destroyer (category Japan naval ship stubs)
    Destroyers (JMSDF) - Naval Technology". "Latest Stories". www.dawn.com. December 15, 2007. Retrieved 2010-08-14. Mari Yamaguchi (2009-10-27). "World Naval Ships...
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