The "Asanagi" was launched in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 30.
The competition between the coast guard of China and Japan is intensifying! Recently, according to the "Global Network Military" report, the well-known Japanese TV station NHK claimed that in order to cope with the pressure brought by the rapid development of China's Coast Guard and further strengthen the vigilance activities in waters near Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, Japanese Coast Guard has built four additional large-scale artillery patrol ships, including the second ship of the Shunguang class and the Asagi patrol ship with a full load displacement of 6,742 tons. In addition, the Japan Coast Guard plans to build another ship of the same type as the Asagi (the Haruko-class No. 3 ship) to ensure that a 6,700-ton patrol ship is always on duty in waters near the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islands. By then, the Japan Coast Guard will also have three 6,742-ton Haruko-class patrol ships. According to Japan's NHK, the Spring Light-class patrol ship is currently Japan's most advanced ocean patrol ship with the best space optimization (the first ship Spring Light was commissioned on February 4, 2020).
The "Asagagi" was launched in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 30.
In terms of shipboard equipment and weapons, the Haruko-class patrol ship, like other Japanese coast guard ships, has both law enforcement and evidence collection equipment and shipboard artillery, such as Remote monitoring device, infrared camera search device, 1 40mm single-barreled artillery, 2 20mm 6-barrel rapid-fire cannons , etc. It also has a double hangar, which can operate two ship-based helicopters at the same time. The Asagi patrol ship was launched on June 30. If all goes well, the ship will be officially handed over to the Coast Guard in 2023, and like the first ship Spring Light, it will be responsible for garrisoning in waters related to the Diaoyu Islands. As the Japan Coast Guard continues to invest its power in the Diaoyu Islands-East China Sea direction, Japan has currently six 6,000-ton patrol ships, including the Spring Light, transferred to the 10th District of the Japan Coast Guard for duty. Its purpose is very obvious, which is to ensure that Japan does not lose in the confrontation over the Diaoyu Islands and the competition for oil and gas fields in the East China Sea.
The first ship Spring Light
In this regard, the East China Sea Branch of the China Coast Guard must be highly vigilant about every move of the Japan Coast Guard and speed up the installation of the large-tonnage patrol ship . After all, although the Chinese Coast Guard is already significantly ahead of the Japan Coast Guard in terms of the number of kiloton-class patrol ships, the Japan Coast Guard's "giant ships" in the East China Sea have already taken shape and will only continue to increase in the future. Therefore, if the Coast Guard East China Sea Branch wants to firmly grasp the initiative in the East China Sea, it must obtain dual advantages in quality and quantity.
China Coast Guard Ship
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