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Monday, May 18, 2015

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House Paves the Way for Japan to Buy Aegis Ashore; Adds Anti-Air Warfare to European Sites

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongo-class guided-missile destroyer JDS Myoko (DDG 175) pulls out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. US Navy PhotoThe National Defense Authorization Act passed on Friday by the House of Representatives includes measures to improve the capability of U.S. Aegis Ashore missile defense sites and to make it easier to sell the land-based system to allies. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) offered an amendment to the bill on the House floor that urges the Defense Department to make the Aegis Ashore capability available for sale to Japan, who already owns six Aegis Combat System-equipped Kongo- and Atago-class destroyers.

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