The World - News from Aug. 22, 1985
The editor of the authoritative British publication Jane’s Fighting Ships writes in the yearbook’s new edition that Japan has plans to build a 16,000-ton aircraft carrier--a type of ship not used by the Japanese since World War II. Retired Royal Navy Capt. John Moore reports that the ship will be built between 1988-92 and will have as many as 14 helicopters for anti-submarine duties, as well as missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes. However, the Japanese Embassy in London denied the report.
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