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JMSDF Diver Corp,

 

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Japan: Army holds live-fire drills as Tokyo seeks to expand role of the military

 

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JMSDF rescue diver

DSRV Angler Fish 2

Coast Guard rescue divers

 

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New Izumo-Class Helicopter Destroyer - 24,000-ton Kaga (DDH-184)

Japan Launches Latest Helicopter Carrier - USNI News

 

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DDH-184 launching ceremony

Kaga is the second Izumo-Class Helicopter Destroyer:

Izumo class Helicopter Destroyer Carrier

 

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Japanese Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin ready for first flight

















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Collaboration between JAXA and UNOOSA to Offer Small Satellite Deployment Opportunity from Kibo to Contribute to Developing Countries to Improve Space Technology

Collaboration between JAXA and UNOOSA to Offer Small Satellite Deployment Opportunity

JAXA｜宇宙航空研究開発機構

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) agreed to cooperate in providing opportunities to deploy cube satellites (CubeSats) from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station (ISS).

The Kibo is equipped with a special airlock system and robotic arm; hence a small satellite can be released to space from it by utilizing the Kibo’s distinct functions. Satellite deployment capability is the Kibo’s unique feature on the ISS.

Small satellites can be manufactured at low cost and by utilizing relatively simple technology; therefore that can be useful for education, communication, disaster mitigation, and human resource development. With the agreement for collaboration this time, we can provide an opportunity for using space and verifying technology there to countries that do not possess the capacity to launch satellites.

While taking maximum advantage of the Kibo’s strong points and employing the network and know-how with UN member countries, JAXA will offer opportunities of small satellite utilization from the Kibo to developing countries so that we continue to contribute to the improvement of their space technology.

Information about how to apply for an opportunity will be published on the UNOOSA’s website soon. We will also announce the information in English on JAXA’s website “International Space Station, Japanese Experiment Module Kibo”.

 

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Missile Defense History: Japan Conducts first international test of the PAC-3
Missile Defense History: Japan Conducts first international test of the PAC-3 | Article | The United States Army

On Sept. 17, 2008, airmen from the Japanese Air Defense Force met with personnel from Lockheed Martin, prime contractor on the Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, missile segment upgrade, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

The goal for the Japanese Defense Ministry was to "confirm the functions of the Patriot system that has been upgraded with ballistic missile defense capabilities" of the PAC-3 interceptor. The Patriot system is an advanced aerial interceptor missile and uses a high-performance radar systems. Patriot was developed at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

In this the first international test of the PAC-3 system, 80 Japanese airmen participated in an intercept test which pitted the PAC-3 against a tactical ballistic missile, or TBM. The interceptor in this test "demonstrated the Patriot Configuration-3 upgrades to Japanese Patriot ground system, and the addition of the PAC-3 missile segment to detect, track, engage and destroy a TBM target in a realistic battlefield environment."

The PAC-3 Missile Segment upgrade consists of a hit-to-kill interceptor, the PAC-3 missile canisters (in four packs), a fire solution computer and an Enhanced Launcher Electronics System.

Unlike previous PAC-3 tests, the missiles used in this experiment were assembled in Taketoyo, Japan, under a licensed production agreement between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin.

The test was a success. Using their own equipment (missiles, radar and launcher) transported from Japan, the Air Self-Defense Forces successfully intercepted and destroyed the tactical ballistic missile, launched from 75 miles away.

At the same time analysts collected data on resulting debris patterns to support the potential urban deployment of the Japanese missile defense. A spokesman for the Japanese Defense Ministry observed, "The success of the test was significant as it proved that Japan's missile defense system will function effectively."

In 2008, Japan's missile defense system consisted of four PAC-3 systems deployed around Tokyo and the surrounding region. Given the threat posed by North Korea, seven additional PAC-3 systems were to be distributed to bases around the nation by 2011. These would augment a fleet of four SM-3 equipped Aegis cruisers in Japan's two-tier missile defense architecture.

 

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Japan will be equipped with antidrones systems : UAVs to neutralize UAVs

(Defensa.com) At the end of last April it saw an incident in Japan has passed almost unnoticed informatively. -system An aerial drone controlled at a distance that had landed on the roof of the official residence of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was detected. Located in a central area of Tokyo, the building is heavily guarded by Japanese police forces but despite precedents in various parts of the world, had not thought of a similar action.

It had maximum reference as the apparatus of fifty centimeters showed traces of radioactivity, but with particularly low emission levels without danger to human health. The fact, which has exposed the vulnerability of certain public sites to actions in which controlled-the known distance to the generic acronym RPA (Remotely Piloted Vehicle) or UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) classic air systems are used - It has led to the start of a series of "corrective" measures that recently we learned some details.

Drones drones to eliminate
One will encourage the acquisition of several similar systems but to give them to the Japanese National Police Agency, which can also be deployed in events of great concentration of mass which is expected to take place in events like the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. It would be remotely operated mills that would be equipped operationally and therein is his value with a series of technological developments designed to neutralize the like. What we thought is neither a laser nor a weapon to shoot them down, but that have a powerful emitter of encrypted signals that serve to interfere, quickly and efficiently, the control signal that directs aircraft involving the threat you have to counter.

This would involve them flying around the area to be covered and that at one point, to materialize some action in your area of responsibility, pasasen a "passive" one way "active" in which its enter into operating systems. Total control is maintained by the responsible police operators of its management and its use would be similar to the inhibitors already used in the field of Security VIPs (Very Important Persons) to avoid triggering bombs away, similar to those used by the military in their patrols to counter the effects of the explosion of such improvised devices (IED, Improvised Explosive Devices) media.

In addition to the deployment of these signals interception equipment could be used on other portable onshore sites. It is known that the plan, which has no less than four hundred million yen-about three million euros budgeted for 2016, also includes the purchase of launchers networks that serve to obstruct the flight of unauthorized platforms and , if necessary, proceed to his capture. Camera systems and also acquire radar to detect with sufficient reaction time, the presence of these modern air threats.

Japanese police itself there spread the news, looking to publicize their willingness to act diligently and for those looking to try a similar action already know it will not be easy. Also, in a broader plan that would affect the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, have pointed out that the deployment to the 2020 Games may include a figure of over one hundred thousand officers, a number that is sure to be higher because in the same event in 1964 and it was attended by one hundred and five thousand policemen.

Contemplating the new problems is making a major effort in the deployment of cameras to be installed even temporarily to follow in real time different events where large audiences are given and is considered a contract with the private sector to introduce the new facial recognition technology to identify certain suspicious; curiously, they also pose groups formed only by a specially trained eighty women to riot act committed, because their presence will be most suitable to counter riots, riots or demonstrations uncontrolled. (Second Calpena)

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· The drones are becoming more widespread and able to be used in offensive committed by groups of terrorists uncontrolled or aerial systems. (Second Calpena)

· The use of remote controlled aircraft to neutralize similar threats is a technological challenge for which there are many solutions on the international market. (Second Calpena)

· The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has initiated a series of actions to improve their effectiveness in the face of future major events in the city.

 

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Khaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quest 2015 - joint training with PLA in Mongolia:

That's good, rare photos of Japanese soldiers and Chinese soldiers training together.

 

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That's good, rare photos of Japanese soldiers and Chinese soldiers training together.
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I'd love to see more Chinese and Japanese training together. We can learn a lot from the PLA , definitely !

 

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I'd love to see more Chinese and Japanese training together. We can learn a lot from the PLA , definitely !

Learn each other, my friend ... "知己知彼,百战不殆"

 

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Learn each other, my friend ... "知己知彼,百战不殆"

I see potential in our fight together against terror.

 

[cnleio]

I see potential in our fight together against terror.

Except terror near border, China won't waste our money & ppl into the mess of Midde-East ... that's not our War, China will stay far away from the fire.

 

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Except terror near border, China won't waste our money & ppl into the mess of Midde-East ... that's not our War, China will stay far away from the fire.

It will be the best way to test our military machines, my friend, what better way than on ISIS.

Live fire.