Japan Launches Frigate ‘Kumano,’ First 30DX Frigate
PARIS — JS Kumano, the first of the 22 planned new-generation 30DX stealth frigates planned for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), was launched on Thursday at the Tamano shipyard of the Mitsui E&S group.
The ship is nominally the second in the class, but the first-of-class is sti…
