MOGAMI (FFM-1) class Weapon Systems // Ships // Frigates/Corvettes

The MOGAMI-class frigates are being built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to replace the ASAGIRI-class destroyers and ABUKUMA-class frigates. Potential missions include anti-submarine warfare, mine countermeasures, peacekeeping, counter-piracy and humanitarian assistance. HULL: The ships were designed with a clean, flush hull to reduce their radar cross-section. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it applied technologies from the X-2 Shinshin stealth jet demonstrator...