Land-based integration testing of U.S.-supplied equipment for Japan's first Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) kicked off this month in the United States, a milestone the Ministry of Defense said is aimed at ensuring the shipborne ballistic missile defense system will be fully functional once installed. The work involves linking the SPY-7 radar with the Aegis Weapon System and demonstrating the integrated suite can search, detect, identify and track live targets, according to a Sept. 30 ministry statement. Similar trials are...
