VOA: Japan Announces Major Defense Overhaul
Citing regional threats from China and North Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a major overhaul Friday of the country's defense strategy, including a significant increase in spending and the acquisition of long-range, preemptive strike weapons.
At a Tokyo new conference, Kishida said with "the security environment" around Japan feeling more unstable, his government considered whether Japan's current Self-Defense Forces could deter threats to the country based on the capabilities of its opponents and new ways of fighting.
He said after conducting a realistic simulation, it was determined Japanese defense forces were insufficient.
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WNU Editor: China has responded to this increase in military spending .... China firmly opposed to Japan's updated defense documents (Kyodo).
Japan To Double Military Spending
Japan approves a historic new military build-up -- DW
Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending -- BBC
Japan Moves to Double Military Spending, With a Wary Eye on China -- New York Times
Japan plans military build-up as China, Russia stoke war fears -- Global News/Reuters
Japan approves long-range weapons to counter growing threats from rivals -- CNN
Japan OKs enemy base strike capability in major defense policy shift -- Kyodo News
7 comments:
chinese and norks. I would more than double it, 10 times, 20 times...
Is that a compulsory thing when they always deny everything even if they stare at the proof, the chinese that is?
Firmly opposed, what does that even mean? Nobody can do anything while they just pump out new ships every second?
Chine northo Erano Russo max the defense budget.
Japan doubles defense budget due to Chinese aggression. China protests. LMAO
^ Meanwhile, China is engaged in the largest military build-up in history. Can't make this shit up.
Compare US versus China military. Other than manpower, which nation has the most nukes, naval ships, planes, etc?
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US has more nukes (for now), Russia has more than the US.
China ahs more ships
China has a larger army.
IDK about planes, but neither do you troll.
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