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Title: Japan Helicopter Carrier Deployed to Protect US Vessel - First Such Mission Since WWII
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URL Source: http://www.trunews.com/article/japa ... -deployed-to-protect-us-vessel
Published: May 1, 2017
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Post Date: 2017-05-01 12:12:05 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo and a U.S. supply ship are pictured as Izumo leaves Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo in this photo taken by Kyodo on May 1, 2017.
Japan has deployed a helicopter carrier to protect a US supply vessel and authorized to use weapons if necessary.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Japan has reportedly deployed a helicopter carrier and authorized it to use weapons, if necessary, to escort and protect a US supply vessel. The mission, performed under the country’s expanded military doctrine, marks the first such mission since WWII.
Japanese media reports that the US ship could be delivering supplies to the aircraft carrier – the USS Carl Vinson striking group, that is now conducting a joint exercise with South Korea’s navy in the Sea of Japan.
To ensure success of their escort mission, the Japanese seamen have been authorized the “minimum necessary use of weapons,” to deter any attacks amid North Korean threats to sink US ships, the Japan Times reports.
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Japan is sending its largest warship to protect a US vessel as it resupplies the strike group led by carrier Carl Vinson amid tensions with North Korea.
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The 800ft helicopter carrier Izumo left its home port of Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Monday to escort the American vessel to the waters off Shikoku, around 400 miles away at the top end of Japan's south island.
The supply vessel, which is not being named, is believed to be in the region to support the 'armada' sent by President Trump to warn Kim Jong-un off conducting a sixth nuclear test.
Japan has deployed the Izumo (top), its largest ship built since the Second World War, to escort a US supply vessel (bottom) which is believed to be supporting the carrier USS Carl Vinson
The last time the Japanese and American navies were on active deployment in the Pacific together, they were fighting. On Monday carrier Izumo (bottom) guarded a US vessel (top)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4461920/Japan-sends-biggest-warship-protect-supply-ship.html
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