[moonshot925]

The Japanese use all modern American equipment on their destroyers. Mark 41 VLS, Mark 46 torpedo, Mark 32 torpedo tubes, Mark 42 naval gun, Phalanx CIWS, Harpoon, SM-2, SM-3, Sea Sparrow and ASROC.

The North Koreans have a few frigates and missile craft from the 1950’s and 60’s. Old Soviet and Chinese designs.

[rmlew]

The Japanese do not have Tomahawk cruise missiles on the Kongo and Atago classes, which are basically Japanese Arleigh Burkes. The South Korean version, the Sejong the Great is more heavily armed than our destroyers. In addition to the 80 Mk 41 VLS tubes for SM-2 Block IIIB/IV, they also have a 48 cell VLS launcher dedicated to their Tomahawk analogue, the Hyunmoo-3.
The Japanes and Koreans have these destroyers off North Korea to intercept nuclear missiles.