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Special Guard was established in March 2001, using the world-renowned special forces, the training model of the British Special Air Service regiment.
The two ships each equipped with an SH-60K-type anti-submarine helicopter and a speedboat.
British "Jane's Defense Weekly" to provide information to the dispatch of two destroyers in Japan are under the Maritime Self Defense Force convoy in the sequence of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, is a more advanced ship.
This was named "Qinghai troops" contingent of 30 marines,abercrombie, including more than 300 officers and men, they traveled on the "civil and military king destroyer is a 4,air jordan pas cher,500-ton destroyer, equipped with a "Lynx" helicopters and a rigid inflatable boat.
 He said that the departure from the Kure base, Hiroshima Prefecture,abercrombie pas cher, southwestern Japan, the two ships on the 14th,louboutin pas cher, is expected to reach the coast of Somalia in early April.
Firepower, the two ships are equipped with an MK41 anti-submarine missile vertical launching system, two 90-ship-to four-ship-mounted missile launchers,louboutin, a 127 mm caliber guns, two triple mounted light torpedo tubes as well as more than very 12.7 mm caliber machine guns. "May Rain" is also equipped with an MK48-type-to-air missile launching system.
The Japanese Government late last year to proceed to formulate a plan to send the ship off the Somali coast. Japanese domestic public opinion, worried that Somali pirates may be "forced" self-defense use of force.
Japan's Kyodo News reported, sent two warships to ride a total of about 400 people, including an unknown number of Special Guard team and eight security officers attached to the Japan Coast Guard. Japan Coast Guard law give a maritime security officer to arrest pirates in international waters, the powers of seizure of pirate vessels.
Overseas use of force
Send-ship convoy
Xinhua News Agency power,abercrombie france, a task force on the 13th by destroyers, Korea, from Zhenhai naval port in South Korea starting to the coast of Somalia anti-piracy mission,abercrombie pas cher, which is South Korea for the first time to send warships overseas mission.
Operation in Somalia, to send the ship looks like to be part of the Japanese public support. "Yomiuri Shimbun" this week, a poll shows that 61% of respondents supported the faction ship 27% of respondents were opposed.
South Korean warships overseas for the first time
He said that the moment has not yet been determined period of two escort warships off the Somali coast to perform tasks,abercrombie, but six months is a possibility.
's defense minister announced Hamada Yasukazu on the 13th, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces dispatch two destroyers on the 14th went off the Somali coast to escort the implementation of task. This is the Japanese ship overseas for the first time after World War II, responsible for maritime escort and guard action, the popular media attention.
World War II, Japan's Constitution to prohibit armed forces stationed overseas. However, since the 1990s, Japan gradually sent overseas relaxed for the Self-Defense Forces.
In this regard, the definition of "maritime police action" Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu on the 13th is still the Self-Defense Forces Law allows the task of the Japanese warships off the Somali coast.
According to South Korean media reported that the Qinghai force "joint implementation and joint naval forces stationed in Bahrain to combat Somali piracy and terrorist attacks and other tasks, as well as Somali waters near the South Korean ship convoy.
"Ripple" standard displacement of 4650 tons full load displacement of 6300 tons, Captain 151 m, 30 nautical miles (55.5 kilometers) per hour; "May Rain" standard displacement of 4400 tons full load displacement of 5100 tons, captain of 151 m, 30 sea miles per hour ( 55.5 km).
Previously, the Japanese armed forces overseas to carry out its mandate is limited to within the range of "non-violent". Japan Self-Defense Force member in the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, is mainly responsible for logistical tasks such as refueling,abercrombie france, transport and infrastructure.
 The coast of Somalia piracy endanger the international community and Japan, "Hamada Jing, one said," to protect Japanese lives and property of the Self-Defense Forces important role. "
However, in the 13th,air jordan, the Japanese Cabinet to finalize deal with pirates bill. Japan a number of media analysts,michael kors, this new bill submitted to the legislature and agreed to the Japanese ship will be authorized to protect his country ships and personnel, shipboard personnel also will be given the right to unrestricted use of weapons.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak escorts farewell ceremony held in Zhenhai naval port on the same day,polo ralph lauren pas cher, which is Korea to dispatch naval warships to the overseas mission. Economic scale ranked the world's 13 countries, South Korea should be gradually made in the international arena and this corresponds to the contribution.
In accordance with the Self-Defense Forces Law, "maritime police action" is limited to the protection of the Japanese flag or carrying Japanese vessels. And the Japanese ship only in the case of self-defense and emergency shelter before the use of weapons.
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The South Korean government released data show that each year about 460 South Korean vessels pass through the waters near Somalia.
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