2024-02

Army(JGSDF)

How The Type 90 Tank Changed Japan’s Tank Development

First Global Standard Tank What pops to your mind when you hear the word "Japane...
Military

Japan’s Formidable Soryu-Class Attack Submarines

First AIP Submarine Submarines are an extremely effective weapon that can restri...
Military

How Kawasaki’s T-4 Jet Trains Japanese Pilots

First Jet For Trainees Every pilot in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF...
Military

Why Asagiri-Class Destroyers Were So Important For Japan

The New Eight-Eight Fleet During the 1980s, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force ...
Army(JGSDF)

Japan Plans To Replace Attack Helicopters With Drones

Introducing New Drones In late 2022, the Japan announced the largest defense bud...
Army(JGSDF)

What Are Type 82 Command Communication Vehicles For?

JGSDF's First Wheeled Armor Recent years has seen an increase of wheeled armored...
Military

What Happened To Japan’s ASM-3 Anti-Ship Missile?

Stealthy & Supersonic While the primary role of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (...
Military

Icebreaker Shirase – Key To Japan’s Antarctic Expedition

Operated By The Navy Despite being explored for over a century, Antarctica remai...
Army(JGSDF)

How Useful Are Japanese Type 87 RCVs?

For Reconnaissance In Force Gathering information on your adversary is vital for...
History

Toba-Fushimi – The Battle That Created Modern Japan

End of the Shogun Era One battle defined the fate of Japan in the mid-19th Centu...
Military

How Good Was The Mitsubishi F-1 Fighter Jet?

De-facto Fighter Bomber Following the defeat in WW2, Japan was temporarily banne...
Army(JGSDF)

Too Vulnerable? Japan’s Type 96 Armored Personnel Carrier

JGSDF's First wheeled APC Armored Personnel Carriers (APC), which can swiftly an...
Military

The Secret Role of JMSDF’s Muroto-Class ARC

Cable Laying Ship For ASW When it comes to secrecy within the Maritime Self-Defe...
Army(JGSDF)

How Does The Type 91 MANPADS Compare To The Stinger?

Japan's Portable Air-Defense Despite being vulnerable to aerial attacks, modern ...