SPECULUM VERUM
The third economy on the planet in nominal terms and the fourth in parity – for the first time in 76 years officially abandons the policy of limiting the military budget.
Japan did not officially have an army, it was called “Self-Defense Forces”, and there was no fleet, it was called “Coast Guard Force”.
From now on, the country abandons the practice in which it was impossible to spend more on armaments and defense. 1% gdp per year. About this in an interview with a business newspaper Nikkei said the head of the military department Nobuo Kishi.
Chinese portals China.com and Sohu wrote, that Japan's intention to remove restrictions on its armed forces and financing of weapons and military development, completely reformats the strategic map of the region. Yes, in fact, all of Asia was alarmed, tabloids come out with headlines “Japan is back”. Military experts and industry experts from Australia to South Korea are now discussing on forums and in interviews, what will happen now. Chinese analysts believe, what does Japan have (considering their industry and science) every chance to quickly become the fourth military superpower. The Chinese include the United States among them, myself (naturally) and Russia.
Over the past year and a half, Japan has announced the expansion and modernization of its submarine fleet, the beginning of the development of our own military hypersonic devices and the beginning of work on our own sixth generation fighter, analogue of the British Tempest, and American NGAD. All three aircraft are being created at the end of the materials science needle., computing power, propulsion and weapons technologies.
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If only Tsushima is not repeated
Do you want peace – prepare for war
This should have been expected a long time ago
And this is all China, with his show-off you need “thank”. Before this, the Japanese did not want to militarize
wanted, yes the states didn't allow it. Today the United States is demonstrating obvious concessions on all fronts – so the Japanese took advantage…
Vice versa, The States and Germany and Japan were persuaded to arm themselves and bear their share of the burden. But the guys saved a lot on the army and navy and didn’t want. The Germans were spurred on by Trump and the events in Donbass. The Japanese were frightened by the revanchist ambitions of the Celestial Empire
In light of the rhetoric of the current Japanese Defense Minister, armed provocations in the Kuril Islands are quite possible
Not soon yet. In eight to ten years, Having created a fleet, the Japanese will begin to demonstrate to Kuzma’s mother the warm sword of Japanese militarism
Taking advantage of my own historical experience, in two or three years they will create the most modern, combat-ready army, fortunately the budget now allows