2024-08

Army(JGSDF)

Defending Tokyo? JGSDF’s Elite 1st Division

Protecting The Capital Much like other ground units assigned to protect the capi...
Military

Every JASDF Pilot Starts With The T-7 Trainer Aircraft

The First Plane To Fly When becoming a pilot in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force...
Military

Why Japan’s Navy Built The YOT-01 Class Oil Tankers

Improving Self-Sufficiency As an island nation, it is only natural for Japan to ...
Military

Mysterious Radio? The Unknown “Japanese Slot Machine”

A Secret Transmission In a world where numerous radio transmissions fly around u...
Army(JGSDF)

How Japan Plans To Upgrade The Type 12 Anti-Ship Missile

The Latest SSMs As an island nation surround by water, the Japanese Ground Self-...
Army(JGSDF)

How Capable Are JGSDF’s Type 81 Surface-To-Air Missiles?

For Short-Range Air Defense Contrary to its image, the Japanese Ground Self-Defe...
Society

Why Japanese Anime Don’t Suffer From Political Correctness

Last Safe-Haven? Recent years have seen Western culture including Hollywood film...
Military

What Is Japan’s “Hashidate” Accommodation Ship?

For Naval Diplomacy Among the various vessels operated by Japan's Maritime Self-...
Military

The Crucial Role of Japan’s Mobile Surveillance Radars

Backing Up Radar Sites Modern warfare begins with air strikes against radar site...
Army(JGSDF)

Why Japan Sent This Material Transport Vehicle To Ukraine

Small, But Extremely Useful Since the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) pu...
Army(JGSDF)

Army Aggressors? Meet Japan’s Training Evaluation Unit

The BATRA system As each units of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) stri...
Military

Japan’s Navy Wants More Replenishment Oilers And Support Ships

JMSDF's Expanding Roles While having an impressive fleet of 54 combatant ships a...
History

Japan’s Insane WW2 Plan To Defend The Home Islands

Scraping Up Troops With the fall of the Mariana Islands in summer 1944, Imperial...
Military

Why Japan’s Type 89 Torpedo Is Still Terrifying

Max-Speed of 70 Knots? The Japan has quite a long history when it comes to both ...
Military

How Japan Ended Up With Just Three Global Hawk UAVs

For Maritime Patrols As a nation with over 7,000 islands, Japan ranks sixth glob...