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| Japan may boost submarine fleet | |
| 2010-11-02 | |
The Defense Ministry said a bigger submarine fleet is under consideration, with a firm proposal likely to come as early as December. According to Japanese media reports, the number of submarines would be increased from 16 to 22 over the next four years, a substantial rise that could generate concern from neighboring China. Though well outnumbered by the Chinese -- who now have about 60 subs -- the Japanese navy's submarine fleet is significantly augmented by U.S. subs deployed throughout the region. Japanese subs are generally believed to be better equipped than many of the Chinese vessels and are hard to detect. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > RUSSIA, CHINA, + KOREA OPPOSE JAPAN | JAPAN MEETS ITS MATCH IN TERRITORIAL DISPUTES. ARTIC = NIPPON-VS-SAME on KURILS [Russia], SENKAKUS = DAOYUS [China], + now DOKKDO [Two Koreas]. * SAME > CHINA REJECTS US INVOLVEMENT [diplomatic mediation = 3-Way Talks] IN CHINA-JAPAN ISLAND ROW [Daoyus = Senkakus]. * SAME > MORE TURF WARS FOR JAPAN AFTER RUSSIA"S MEDVEDEV VISITS DISPUTED KURILS ISLANDS. ---------------- * WMF > EAST ASIA MAKES FULL PREPARATIONS FOR WAR: US, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, RUSSIA, CHINA, + JAPAN [India, etal.?] CONDUCT MAJOR MILITARY EXERCISES THROUGHOUT WESTPAC + SE ASIA. * SAME > US SAYS US-JAPAN "MUTUAL DEFENSE" TREATY CLAUSE DOES NOT APPLY TO DISPUTED KURILS [but does to DAOYUS = SENKAKUS]. * SAME > RUSSIAN NATO ENVOY ROGOZIN: FORMER JAPANESE KURILS NOW BELONG TO RUSSIA BY VIRTUE OF JAPAN'S DEFEAT AND "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" TO RUSSIA + ALLIES IN 1945. "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" MEANS THE WHOLE OR PART OF ANY SOVEREIGN JAPANESE LANDS, NATION + OUTLYING TERRITORIES, BELONG TO THE VICTORS AND CAN BE CLAIMED BY SAME AS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED "SPOILS OF WAR". JAPAN'S CLAIMS OF FORMER KURILS ISLANDS IS A "NON-ISSUE". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-02 22:19 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2010-11-02 16:57 |
| #6 I'm still waiting for them to put the Battleship Yamato into orbit... |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-11-02 10:25 |
| #5 Japan was defeated by submarines, more than any other weapon in WWII. It's no surprise they would recognize their value. Especially against a power that is dependent upon oil imports, as they also were and still are. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-11-02 09:23 |
| #4 Japan's subs are among the best in the world and their ASW gear is world class as well. What they do not produce in-country, they buy from the US and enhance where they can. Nowadays, the US gets the enhancements back because of technology transfer agreements. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-11-02 02:17 |
| #3 There are two types of ships at sea: 1) submarines; 2) targets. Japanese sub fleet is very good. I've heard from old shipmates that their boats are very hard to track. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2010-11-02 02:14 |
| #2 ION FREEREPUBLIC > DRONES [UCAVS] TO INFLUENCE UK'S F-35C BUY. By the Numbers, MANNED-VS-UNMANNED-TO-BUY. IMO Artic also read, US-NATO MANNED PLANES WANNA BE "MOTHERSHIPS", US-NATO MISSLES WANNA COVERT INTO MULTI-PURPOSE/FUNCTION, SPY-FLY-N-DIE "TRANSFORMERS" [UCAV flown and launched from another larger Motherly UCAV]. [ALPHA TRION, AUTOBOT, DECEPTICON "Triple-changers" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-02 01:26 |
| #1 Good! Subs will be a good investment. Surface ships are easy targets for supersonic cruise missiles. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-11-02 00:41 |