Probably the US loosening the chains as they need more fodder to throw at their enemies. They already named their aircraft carriers as “helicopter destroyers” lol.
Well, that is what they are. Japan currently only operates helicopter carriers, which are unable to launch fixed wing, drone, and VTOL aircraft, and Japan has only started construction of their first post-war aircraft carrier in 2022.
Japan is allowed to have a military, but it is extremely limited in almost every aspect. Constitutionally, they cannot undertake an arms race and stockpile any form of “war potential”, they cannot use their military for ANY sort of offensive capacity, and until very recently Japanese officers could not legally order their units to open fire or cease fire, those commands had to be given by an American, UN, or NATO attaché. There are many more clauses and regulations that essentially make the JSDF forces a token national guard. Unless Japanese nationalists succeed in their remilitarization campaigns.
Sarcasm. They are now defending that a preemptive strike on china if they went to war with 3rd countries friendly to japan could be considered defensive.
Wtf is with that logic? If preemptive strikes are “self defense” why not just preemptively exterminate the human race? Would certainly quell all future wars.
Wait, isn’t Japan constitutionally banned from having military fleets ever again?
Probably the US loosening the chains as they need more fodder to throw at their enemies. They already named their aircraft carriers as “helicopter destroyers” lol.
Well, that is what they are. Japan currently only operates helicopter carriers, which are unable to launch fixed wing, drone, and VTOL aircraft, and Japan has only started construction of their first post-war aircraft carrier in 2022.
Japan is allowed to have a military, but it is extremely limited in almost every aspect. Constitutionally, they cannot undertake an arms race and stockpile any form of “war potential”, they cannot use their military for ANY sort of offensive capacity, and until very recently Japanese officers could not legally order their units to open fire or cease fire, those commands had to be given by an American, UN, or NATO attaché. There are many more clauses and regulations that essentially make the JSDF forces a token national guard. Unless Japanese nationalists succeed in their remilitarization campaigns.
Oh it isnt military, it is a self defense coastguard with greatly militarised ships
How do you tell the difference? Weapons are weapons, you can use them for self defense or war, the physical equipment don’t know the difference.
We taking the perpetrator of one of the worst massacres in the world on the pinkie promise they won’t do it again?
Sarcasm. They are now defending that a preemptive strike on china if they went to war with 3rd countries friendly to japan could be considered defensive.
Wtf is with that logic? If preemptive strikes are “self defense” why not just preemptively exterminate the human race? Would certainly quell all future wars.
its japan trying to go around laws that forbid that
As part of the JDF they are allowed to have some.