🚢 99.6% of Japan's trade moves by sea. Shipbuilding share fell from 40% → 13%.
Now: a $6.5B plan to double capacity by 2035 — world's first ammonia engine, marine electronics monopoly, and first-ever warship export to Australia.
#Shipbuilding #AmmoniaEngine #MogamiClass

Japan Launches Ninth Mogami-Class Frigate for Maritime Self-Defense Force This new vessel is part of a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class frigates set to replace the JMSDF's aging Abukuma-class frigates from the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Japan Launches Ninth Mogami-Class Frigate for Maritime Self-Defense Force

www.defensemirror.com/news/37130/J...
#MitsubishiHeavyIndustries #JMSDF #MogamiClass #guidedmissilefrigate #JSNatori #navaldefense #JapanMaritimeSelfDefenseForce #CODAG #BAESystems #Type03missiles #defensemodernization