The Air Self-Defense Force’s F-35A fighter jet is shown at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture in February. Pool photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun
Japan Times/Yomiuri Shimbun: More F-35As eyed to counter China
The government is considering procuring about 20 additional F-35A stealth fighter jets for the Air Self-Defense Force, starting from as early as fiscal 2020, in a bid to counter China’s rapidly expanding air power, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The procurement plan will be stated in the next Medium Term Defense Program for fiscal 2019-23, which is slated to be compiled by the end of this year, according to sources close to the government. The newly acquired aircraft will be added to the F-35As to be deployed based on the government’s current plan, establishing the fleet of about 60 F-35As. Twenty fighter jets normally constitute a squadron.
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Thanks to the idiots in China, who managed to make enemies of all nations except north Korea. The leadership in China resembles that of a puberty hitting guy, is completely erratic yet wants to be taken seriously. They've stolen trillions from the US and Europe, yet managed to rank up debt like no other nation on earth. I give them ten more years, then panic will set in. No Chinese century, so much should be obvious even to cnn readers by now
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