2023-12

Military

Izumo Class Destroyers, Postwar Japan’s First Aircraft Carrier

Designed As A Helicopter Carrier As the de-facto successor of the Imperial Japan...
Army(JGSDF)

How Good Was Japan’s Type 74 Tank?

The Belated MBT As the Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle (MCV) increases its numbe...
Military

Why Japan’s Oyashio Class Submarines Are Still Deadly

Top-Class Diesel Electric Subs Submarines are regarded as strategic assets capab...
Military

How Capable Are Japanese Patriot Missiles Against Threats?

Last Line Of Defense Ever since North Korea's nuclear program and the developmen...
Military

Already Successful? The Future of Japan’s Railgun Project

The Futuristic Electromagnetic Gun Often seen in Scifi-movies and regarded as a ...
Military

The P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft’s Crucial Role

Kawasaki's Anti-Submarine Plane As an archipelago nation with nearly 7,000 islan...
Army(JGSDF)

Japanese Marines? The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade

The First Amphibious Unit In the face of Chinese expansion in the Western Pacifi...
Military

Japan’s Hayabusa-Class Guided Missile Boat

Failure Of 1-Go Class Despite being small, missile boats pack quite a punch and ...
Army(JGSDF)

Can Japan’s Type 16 MCV Replace Tanks?

Better Mobility, Enough Firepower During the Cold War, Japan's Army (JGSDF) was ...
Military

Why Japan Built The Shikishima-Class Patrol Vessel

Largest Coast Guard Ship While Japan as an impressive navy, the Japan Maritime S...
Military

How Good Is Kawasaki’s C-2 Transport Plane?

Japan's Latest Military Transport Recently, Japan's Air Force (JASDF) has been b...
Army(JGSDF)

Komatsu LAV – JGSDF’s Most Familiar Armored Vehicle

Light Enough For Airlift Like any other military, Japan's Army (JGSDF) is equipp...
Military

Meet Japan’s Mini-Aegis – The Akizuki-Class Destroyers

Air-Defense Specialist Being an island nation, Japan has heavily invested in its...
Military

Why Japan’s US-2 Is The World’s Best Seaplane

Right Plane For Maritime Rescue Once commonly used around the globe, seaplanes s...
Army(JGSDF)

Meet Japan’s Latest Howitzer – Type 19 155mm Wheeled SPH

Lighter, More Agile The War in Ukraine has reemphasized the importance of artill...