16DDH是日本海上自卫队近年来最为重要的新式战舰,该舰名为直升机护卫舰,实为轻型航母,其动向从一开始就受到了国际社会的广泛关注。不久前,日本防务省技术研究本部三位参与16DDH设计的工程人员撰文介绍了该舰的的研发情况,披露了大量内幕信息。本刊特编译此文,以飨读者。 16DDH is the most important new-style warship of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force in recent years. Its name is a helicopter frigate and is actually a light aircraft carrier. Its movement has drawn wide attention from the beginning from the international community. Not long ago, Japan’s Ministry of Defense Technology Research Division involved three 16DDH engineering staff wrote an article on the ship’s research and development, disclosed a lot of inside information. This article compiled this article to readers.