Japan defense budget request highest ever as Abe boosts military

[Nike]

Navy and Air Force. The Navy has the Lion's Share.

Your ASW capability is no jokes though,

Japan should emphasizes more her resources towards her Air Forces and strategic capability such as Ballistic Missile, Beijing has long have capability to showering Tokyo with their long range Ballistic missiles when the Japan can't do otherwise.

 

[Aepsilons]

If Japan does approve larger military spending they should focus on ASMs
Japan needs some Coastal ASM complexes

my vote is for Bastion-P
put a few of them complexes on Japan Islands to the South and West and watch the Chinese rage


P-800 Yakhont 3M-55
P-800 Bolid
SS-N-26

That's nice, too. Tho I believe we are also examining other more nuclear examples of defense.

Your ASW capability is no jokes though,

Japan should emphasizes more her resources towards her Air Forces and strategic capability such as Ballistic Missile, Beijing has long have capability to showering Tokyo with their long range Ballistic missiles when the Japan can't do otherwise.

I am in total agreement.

 

[C130]

Your ASW capability is no jokes though,

Japan should emphasizes more her resources towards her Air Forces and strategic capability such as Ballistic Missile, Beijing has long have capability to showering Tokyo with their long range Ballistic missiles when the Japan can't do otherwise.

A few well placed missiles to China's dams would kill tens of million of Chinese. flooding cropland and destroying industries.
that would be a last resort IMO. if China dared to attack Tokyo.

 

[Aepsilons]

A few well placed missiles to China's dams would kill tens of million of Chinese. flooding cropland and destroying industries.
that would be a last resort IMO. if China dared to attack Tokyo.

This is why it is important for us to expand our ABM defense force , and necessary expansion of the number of Kongo and Atago Class Destroyers.

In addition, there are concerns of deploying Cruise Missiles on Japanese Destroyers. With the expansion Japan's military role, offensive capabilities on our capital ships is a defensive necessity.

 

[sahaliyan]

A few well placed missiles to China's dams would kill tens of million of Chinese. flooding cropland and destroying industries.
that would be a last resort IMO. if China dared to attack Tokyo.

You are dreaming here,there will be no Chinese attack of Tokyo,everyone has a brain know this will not happen
As for kill tens of millions of Chinese,good,you morality now as low as Nazis,because it's a criminal act

 

[Aepsilons]

You are dreaming here,there will be no Chinese attack of Tokyo,everyone has a brain know this will not happen
As for kill tens of millions of Chinese,good,you morality now as low as Nazis,because it's a criminal act

Your sound reassurance and earthly views are a welcome sight. I agree that Japan and China has much to gain from mutual understanding and peaceful dialogue. Japan's military growth shouldn't be taken as a threat to China, but should be seen by Chinese strategic planners as an orientation on Japan's part towards a more pro-active global policy. Much of our interests will be directed in war zones, hot zones. Japan is keen on utilizing and taking advantage of our blue water fleet -- and military capability. Our interests are beyond the immediate East Asian region.

 

[C130]

You are dreaming here,there will be no Chinese attack of Tokyo,everyone has a brain know this will not happen
As for kill tens of millions of Chinese,good,you morality now as low as Nazis,because it's a criminal act

China has thousands of ballistic missiles and to say they wouldn't use them on Tokyo or any city is absurd.
All is fair in love and war

 

[sahaliyan]

China has thousands of ballistic missiles and to say they wouldn't use them on Tokyo or any city is absurd.
All is fair in love and war

Don't be dreaming here,there will be no war between China and Japan
In modern world,,to attack non-military targets should be considered as crime,I think you don't understand here,just like if someone nuked New York,then tens of millions of Americans will be killed,do you think it's a crime?

 

[C130]

Don't be dreaming here,there will be no war between China and Japan
In modern world,,to attack non-military targets should be considered as crime,I think you don't understand here,just like if someone nuked New York,then tens of millions of Americans will be killed,do you think it's a crime?

never say never
if someone nuked New York I think that would be an act of war and they would suffer the same fate 100X over.

 

[Aepsilons]

never say never


never say never
if someone nuked New York I think that would be an act of war and they would suffer the same fate 100X over.

No one would want this Lose-Lose scenario.

All future wars will remain, predictably, conventional based.

 

[sahaliyan]

never say never


never say never
if someone nuked New York I think that would be an act of war and they would suffer the same fate 100X over.

Lol so you want a war between China and Japan,good you Yankees really have good will of Asians
And you target the Chinese dams is an act of what,you low life trash

 

[IsaacNewton]

Lol so you want a war between China and Japan,good you Yankees really have good will of Asians
And you target the Chinese dams is an act of what,you low life trash

Relax, American leaders are not that stupid.

Macarther wanted to drop 10 nuclear bombs in China during Korean war, and Truman rightfully thought he was insane and fired him.

 

[Huaren]

Relax, American leaders are not that stupid.

Somehow thats not very reassuring anymore, the world hasnt seen any smart US leaders for a long time now, its obvious that USA has been making things worse for itself and the world with all those "doings" around the globe. Clinton was the last "not great but not totally stupid" leader US had, now seeing his successors fast developing skills to spread fires wherever they go...

 

[F-22Raptor]

This is why it is important for us to expand our ABM defense force , and necessary expansion of the number of Kongo and Atago Class Destroyers.

In addition, there are concerns of deploying Cruise Missiles on Japanese Destroyers. With the expansion Japan's military role, offensive capabilities on our capital ships is a defensive necessity.

I'm in agreement here. It's long past time for Japan to develop its own cruise/ballistic missile force. It'll act as a strong counterbalance to China.

 

[mike2000]

Don't be dreaming here,there will be no war between China and Japan
In modern world,,to attack non-military targets should be considered as crime,I think you don't understand here,just like if someone nuked New York,then tens of millions of Americans will be killed,do you think it's a crime?

I agree with Sahaliyan, I dont think there will be any war between China and Japan. some members here are just too fanboyish IMO. they should be more realistic. Why will China attack Japan mainland when Japan has a defence treaty with the U.S? In fact China will benefit nothing in doing so, it will be the opposite, since she stands to loose everything from a response of the U.S nad international community if she attacks Japan first. Same if Japan attacks China first. So they will be no war between the two. The thing is that time is on China's side(and their leaders know this), so i think she will just bide her time to the point when she has completed at least the first stage of her development cycle which will be say a decade or two from now,by this time, it will be so big both Militarily and Economically(at least 5 times its nearest rival in Asia i think) that no country in the region will even stand a chance against them(except the U.S of course). So until then there might be tough talk/little skirmishes here and there around the senkakus/diayous islands, but there wont be any war per say.

We should note that despite all the talks of war/tension/bad blood between the 2 countries, China and Japan still trade alot among each other more than any country in Asia. So both of their leaders both know they need each other(though to be honest, Japan needs China's market even more) so they are both pragmatic. I think countries in the region like India should take a lesson from this, since i find it surprising that Chinas trade with Japan(a country of 150million and who china regards more negatively than India) is at least 4-5 times that of Chinas trade with India(a country of a billion plus people), same with India-pakistan trade which is almost meaningless/non existing. South Asia can sure learn alot from East Asia. They should learn to seperate Business with politics. This will lead to more development/intergration in the region.

However, i welcome Japans increasingly pro active role in the world, and an increase in their defence budget is part of this. This is a welcome development since Japan has to learn to play/be more active in world affairs/issues. However it will be even more better if Japan can first solve her world war II issues with her neighbours and apologise sincerly, else this will be seen negatively by her neighbours first of which is China and most of all South Korea. The later is even more critical since South Korea still sees Japan as an existential threat to it, and the constant war crimes/sexual slavery denials/war criminals commomeration by Japanese leaders makes matter worst. Japan so try and face its history so it can gain the trust of South Korea, else this will complicate matters and make it easier for China. Luckily for Japan the U.S still has troops/controls South Korea, so it still uses its influence/power to calm down/pressure south Korea in not taking agressive steps against Japan and not getting to close to China. However as China grows stronger each passing year/decade it will be more and difficult for the U.S to maintain this balance, considering the shift in power in the region. So Japan should take action now to gain south koreas trust(though i know it will take a long time).

All the best to Japan.