Japanese new multi-mission stealth Mogami frigate

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 5 : View of the Kumano-class frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Maritime docked at the JMSDF naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in the south of Tokyo on September 5, 2022. Commissioned on March ( Kumano ) and April ( Mogami ) of this year, the destroyers is featuring stealth and multifunctional capabilities. It is engaged in warning and surveillance, anti-air and anti-submarine warfare and minesweeping, strengthening the Japan Self Defense Forceâs warning and surveillance capabilities in a tense situation environment around Japan. 22 destroyers in the same class, Mogami-class frigates, are to be constructed in the up-coming years to a pace of two per year according the Defense Ministryâs plans. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)