Koizumi Shinjiro and Richard Marles met for about an hour in Melbourne on Saturday.

Koizumi welcomed the contracts to jointly develop Australia’s new frigates that will be based on the upgraded Mogami-class vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

The ministers exchanged views on Australia’s recently released national defense strategy and the regional situation among other issues.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles announced on Tuesday that cabinet had selected Japan’s upgraded Mogami frigate over the German MEKO A-200.

The first three of the frigates are expected to be built in Japan, with the remaining eight to be built in Western Australia.

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Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/australia-japan-navy-frigates/105613688

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Kalibr cruise missile – Department of Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/TASS

MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The Northern design bureau has started developing the construction documentation for modernized frigates of Project 22350M capable of carrying up to 48 Kalibr cruise missiles, a source in the defense and production sector told TASS on Sunday.

“The Northern design bureau has completed designing frigates of Project 22350M and is now developing working design documentation for these vessels in line with the customer’s tactical and technical order,” the source said.

The frigates will have a displacement of up to 7,000 tonnes. The vessels will also carry Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

The new frigates will have a universal automated fire control system for all destruction means. “This will significantly boost their combat capability,” the source stressed.

Russia’s Navy currently has in its service the lead ship of project 22350, the Admiral Gorshkov. The first serial Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 is running trials. These ships have a displacement of 4,500 tonnes, and each of them can carry up to 16 Kalibr cruise missiles.

Source: http://tass.com/defense/1049002

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