An undisclosed problem has emerged over the alternative for the Aegis Ashore missile defense system, and the resource strain it would cause could even hamper Japan’s other maritime operations.

The price for two Aegis Ashore batteries could exceed $5.4 billion -- over twice the amount initially cited by the Japanese government. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approved the ...

On the other hand, purchasing and maintaining two Aegis destroyers for 30 years came with an estimated price tag of about 700 billion yen, about 1.5 times more than the Aegis Ashore system.

The US Navy has begun deploying its land-based Aegis missile defense system, Aegis Ashore, in Guam. Located in the middle of ...

The price for two Aegis Ashore batteries could exceed $5.4 billion -- over twice the amount initially cited by the Japanese government. Japan’s defense minister is slated to visit a testing site ...

WASHINGTON, July 11. /TASS/. The United States’ Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Poland is already operational, NATO said in a press statement. "A new U.S. ballistic missile defense site in ...

In the bill, submitted Wednesday by Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., the senators lay out a plan for missile defense for the continental U.S. that would include Aegis Ashore ...

But Tokyo’s decision to suspend its plan to deploy Aegis Ashore units may signal a major shift in the strategy. Japan was planning to purchase two Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense systems ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday voiced concerns that the US will have access to controlling the Aegis Ashore missile system after its deployment to Japan. Moscow seeks dialogue ...

and another $1 billion to build Aegis ashore ballistic missile defense infrastructure on both Alaska and the East Coast. There is also $900 million for the research and development of space-based ...

These two ASEVs would be equipped with Lockheed Martin’s SPY-7 radar, which was originally meant for Japan’s original Aegis Ashore BMD system, which was cancelled in 2020. Lockheed Martin ...

Japan will spend billions of dollars to bolster missile defense to counter the growing threat from North Korea. On December 19th, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved the installation of ...