Japan’s Ministry of Defense Unification Shogunate Supervision Department announced on the 19th, China Type 055 (Renhai-class) missile destroyer and other three warships, the morning of the 18th in the sea about 250 km southwest of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, sailing toward the Sea of Japan.
Japanese media reported that the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) confirmed for the first Time that the type of destroyer was active in the sea off Japan, although the fleet did not invade Japan’s territorial waters and did not have any dangerous actions against The Japanese naval vessels and aircraft.
Type 055 is the Chinese Navy’s 4th generation destroyer and the largest destroyer in terms of tonnage, carrying long-range ground patrol missiles. The report points out that the two governments of Japan and the United States held a Foreign Minister Defense Minister “Japan-U.S. Security Agreement Committee” in Tokyo on the 16th, directly criticizing China’s behavior is not in line with the current international order by name. The Defense Ministry is analyzing China’s intentions.
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