{"id":3972,"date":"2018-08-06T07:14:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T07:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2018-08-06T07:14:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T07:14:21","slug":"japan-fires-a-salvo-in-senkaku-row-with-new-aegis-destroyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/08\/06\/japan-fires-a-salvo-in-senkaku-row-with-new-aegis-destroyers\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN FIRES A SALVO IN SENKAKU ROW WITH NEW AEGIS DESTROYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3973\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"979\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago.jpg 979w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago-560x419.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago-260x194.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/08\/JS_Atago-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Asia Times<\/p>\n<p>Japan has launched the first of a new generation of guided missile destroyers from a shipyard in Yokohama, sparking accusations from China\u2019s Global Times that it is trying to destabilize the region.<\/p>\n<p>The US$1.5 billion vessel is the seventh Aegis destroyer acquired by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, but the first to be fitted with the advanced Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system. With a displacement of 8,200 tons and a length of 170 meters, it is scheduled to enter service by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Supplied by the US, the CEC system enables real-time sharing of intelligence on battlefield situations and hostile targets between ships in allied navies, while information and parameters are synced across all platforms linked to a sensory network. Sharing of radar and fire-controlling data will also be possible with the US Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/article\/japan-fires-a-salvo-in-senkaku-row-with-new-aegis-destroyers\/<\/p>\n<p>Image source: US Navy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Asia Times Japan has launched the first of a new generation of guided missile destroyers from a shipyard in Yokohama, sparking accusations from China\u2019s Global Times that it is trying to destabilize the region. The US$1.5 billion vessel is the seventh Aegis destroyer acquired by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, but the first to be&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/08\/06\/japan-fires-a-salvo-in-senkaku-row-with-new-aegis-destroyers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JAPAN FIRES A SALVO IN SENKAKU ROW WITH NEW AEGIS DESTROYERS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3974,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions\/3974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}