China Freaked Out Over Japan's New Flat-Topped 'Destroyer' -- Business Insider
Japan's new destroyer, which won't go into full service till 2015, "has raised eyebrows across East Asia," wrote Stefan Soesanto of the South China Morning Post.
Japan's Izumo 'helicopter destroyer' is a flat topped ship — without catapults for fighter jets — that has size greater than that of other fixed wing carriers, notably Britain's HMS Invincible-class ships.
The ship is designed to carry several helicopters, can be fitted for vertical lift off F-35Bs, and it's also worth mentioning that ships like the Izumo can be retrofitted for linear take-off fighter jets, should the need arise.
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My Comment: Both China and Japan are trying to project an image to each other, their own citizens, and to neighboring states. For China .... this is unwanted posturing from Japan, and by naming their new flat-topped 'destroyer' Izumo .... the same name of the ship that began the invasion of China in 1937 .... all but guarantees a negative reaction from the Chinese.
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