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Nikkei reports that Malaysia has approached Japan for second-hand Kawasaki P-3 maritime patrol aircraft and Tokyo is giving serious consideration on the proposal.
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Mainichi Shimbun reports that JS Izumo has completed its escort mission of a U.S Navy supply ship and is joined by destroyer JS Sazanami for the trip to Singapore.
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The Indian Army fired the BrahMos Block III supersonic land attack cruise missile in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on May 2nd and 3rd.
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The Royal Thai Navy has confirmed that its flagship, aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet, will be participating in Singapore’s inaugural fleet review.
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Japan assigned its largest warship JS Izumo to escort a U.S. Navy supply ship off the coast of Japan on May 1. But Mainichi Shimbun says the deployment is largely symbolic as the helicopter carrier’s weapons are for self-defense purpose only.
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