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  1. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    The question is did the USN reduce its F-35C order? No. The Super Hornet Block III will be enough for more than 90% of USN missions, which is doing air patrols or attacking lower capability enemies. But if there is a need to breach a tough enemy then the USN will rely on F-35Cs. The only Super...
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    F-35C will destroy any opponent out there. It just have more problems unresolved being the version with the least order and thus least priority (only USN needs it).
  3. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    Repeating that ridiculous claim will not make it true. The USN is committed to F-35C as it has no alternative to it at the moment. Current 4th or 4.5th gen carrier based fighters will have a hard time penetrating high end ADs like that of China in the Pacific. NGAD is still at least 20 years...
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    It could be a possibility but very unlikely... :cool3:
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    Leaked photo: General Atomics offers possible Japenese helicopter destroyer conversion into aircraft carrier https://www.google.com/amp/s/defence-blog.com/news/leaked-photo-general-atomics-offers-possible-japenese-helicopter-destroyer-conversion-into-aircraft-carrier.html/amp This looks like...
  6. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    Only insecure politicians would be drumming nationalist sentiments for no reasons.
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    Wasp, Izumo and Hyuga Comparison
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    These anti-Chinese talks did not originate from thin air. These kind of talks is louder than it has ever been not only in the Philippines but in Vietnam and Japan. Care to guess why? Some added thoughts: 1. Foreign policy does not figure out in local elections in the Philippines and their...
  9. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    I don't think so. More than the US or Japan, China is in a better position to "feed" the Philippines at the moment. Especially that the Chinese don't have qualms of corrupting officials of foreign countries just to get what they want, and the Philippines certainly have its share of easily...
  10. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    In fairness China kept a sizable bulk of the Japanese military busy, if you know what I mean.
  11. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    The instant rehabilitation of Japan in the eyes of smaller Asian countries is a testament to the failure of China's strategic policy in Asia. Japan alone of course cannot hedge against China. But who said Japan being alone? All indications suggest, despite close economic ties between the US and...
  12. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    Forget about the Americans. What is more noteworthy is the openness of the Philippines to Japanese military being stationed in their country. Of course the singular credit for that should go to China.
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    HIJMS IZUMO HIJMS IZUMO in Shanghai. c. 1932.
  14. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    I cannot quote your post except above. Did you do it on purpose? Anyway, I don't know how you quantify the extent of an aggression/war on a country, in my case I count it on the number of deaths a country suffered. But even based on your metrics of deaths to population ratio, the casualties...
  15. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    Discuss internal politics of any country and the wisdom of their laws, yes, but comment on the interpretation of their laws, NO, unless of course you have studied their legal system. Local laws have legislative intentions and interpretations unique to the country where they were enacted. The...
  16. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    There's no need for a nuclear Japan. It's the US' role to provide nuclear umbrella to Japan and other American allies in the region. What Japan needs to do is to dramatically ramp up its conventional forces so that it can take the initiative against China when needed. (I don't think China will...
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    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    The Pacifist Japanese Constitution is a brainchild of the Americans. If China had a say in the fate of postwar Japan then Japan would have been razed to the ground... What is more important to China's smaller neighbors now is not what happened 70 years ago. What is more important is reigning...
  18. asianobserve

    Japan unveils aircraft carrier

    How can a non-Japanese say that a Japanese military acquisition is violative of its Constitution when the Japanese themselves don't see it that way? I think most of Asia is now ready for a normal Japan, one with a normal military capability cmmensurate with its economic might. Whatever it did 70...
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