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2021-10-07 China-Japan-Koreas

A fixed wing plane takes off on a Japanese carrier for the first time since WW-II

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Posted by 3dc 2021-10-07 01:01|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Someone check China's diaper, there's probably a few bricks inside.

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-10-07 02:05|| 2021-10-07 02:05|| Front Page Top

#2 This makes me happy.

Posted by DarthVader 2021-10-07 10:43|| 2021-10-07 10:43|| Front Page Top

#3 I would absolutely never bet against a long-standing grudge between two ancient cultures.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-07 10:54|| 2021-10-07 10:54|| Front Page Top

#4 #1 Someone check China's diaper, there's probably a few bricks inside.
Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-10-07 02:05

The ship's name alone did that. Izumo is an old and honored name in Japanese naval history - the first Izumo was the first truly modern warship in the old IJN, and as such holds a place like our Monitor or the RN's Warrior. Giving her that name, the Japanese were quietly letting everybody know that they were back at sea, and in the big leagues again. Tough lil' boat she was, too - was still in service in WWII as a training ship and almost made it, finally sunk by the USN at Kure in the summer of '45.

Of course, even better is the name they gave to Izumo's sister ship.

Kaga.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-10-07 12:57|| 2021-10-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Kaga

Sortie the Mobile Fleet! I realize the Chinese are looking to settle some old scores, but forcing Japan to rearm doesn't seem like the best of ideas.

Posted by SteveS 2021-10-07 13:09|| 2021-10-07 13:09|| Front Page Top

#6 I realize the Chinese are looking to settle some old scores, but forcing Japan to rearm doesn't seem like the best of ideas.

SteveS, it wouldn't surprise me at all if the JSDF has been upgrading various scenarios and 'items' for the last decade after watching how the 'Rule of O' here gave preference to the Sino/Soviet/Mullah bloc.

The Japanese are pretty methodical about many things.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-10-07 13:57|| 2021-10-07 13:57|| Front Page Top

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