The Japanese are building a 20K ton Arsenal Ship Destroyer????!!!!! This is gonna be one HUGE bitch!

JMSDF "arsenal ship" or cruiser? The new ships intended to supplant original Aegis Ashore plan will reportedly measure 210m in length, 40m width, possess 20,000 tons standard displacement, and armed with extended-range Type-12 ASCMs for land attack. https://t.co/zfl4GUhpDt

— Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦 (@CollinSLKoh) August 31, 2022

Could that possibly be right? 20K tons?!?!?!?! That is gonna be one huge bitch! It would replace the carriers as ships that MUST be hit first by the Chinese! Wonder how many launch cells it'll have. The Burkes have what? 96? It's got to be at least if not more than 150 or its a waste of tonnage! If those are all land attack variants then this one ship could practically hold small nations at risk of military destruction!

Think about the possibilities if these ships are at the center of a Surface Action Group filled with anti-ship missiles that are LONG RANGE!

If the missiles can reach out say....1K miles then an aircraft carrier as currently composed would be toast to it!

If missile tech catches up then the aircraft carrier will be obsolete!