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The Secret Role of JMSDF’s Muroto-Class ARC
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Military How Strong Is Japan’s Coast Guard?
Structure & Budget While Japan's total landmass is ranked 61st in the world, its...
Army（JGSDF） Japan’s Chemical and NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles
JGSDF's Chemical Units The threat of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons or...
Military Can Japan’s Submarine Fleet Deter China?
Cost-Effective Weapons Learning from the brutal lessons of WW2, Japan's Maritime...
Army（JGSDF） The Invincible Japanese First Airborne Brigade
JGSDF's Best Troops While the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has severa...
History How Japan Abolished The Feudal System With One Act
Federation of Landlords With the arrival of the US fleet in 1854, Japan was comp...
Army（JGSDF） What Does Japan’s Type 10 Snowcat Vehicle Do?
For Over-Snow Transport The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) is tasked wi...
Military Asahi Class Destroyers, JMSDF’s Latest Submarine Hunter
Air Defense<Anti-Submarine After suffering devastated losses to American submari...
Army（JGSDF） Type 03 SAM – Japan’s Advanced Air Defense System
Mobile Medium-Range Missile While air defense in general is the responsibility o...
Military Kawasaki C-1 – Postwar Japan’s First Transport Aircraft
JASDF's First Domestic Transport The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), also ...
Politics Natural Partners? The Japan-Australia Quasi-Alliance
Overcoming The Past Amidst growing security concerns, Japan is strengthening tie...
Military Super Destroyers?Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessels
An Expensive Replacement In response to North Korea's nuclear threat, Japan has ...
Army（JGSDF） Why Komatsu’s Wheeled Armored Vehicle Project Failed
Type 96's Successor Candidate The news of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGS...
Army（JGSDF） The Japanese Military’s Toyota Mega Cruisers
JGSDF's High-Mobility Vehicle Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has vari...
Military Japan’s Latest Taigei-Class Attack Submarines
Updated From Soryu-class Known for their top-class stealthiness, Japan's Maritim...
Military Next Space Force? Japan’s Space Operations Group
Newly Formed In 2020 Just one year after the United States established its new S...
Army（JGSDF） Can Japan’s Type 87 Anti-Tank Missile Still Defeat Tanks?
First Laser-Guided Weapon Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) enjoys a div...
Military Small, But Heavily Armed? The Abukuma-Class Destroyers
For Coastal Defense Despite the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) operat...
Military Why Japan Purchased US Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
Building Offensive Capabilities Faced with a confident China flexing its muscles...
Army（JGSDF） Why Japan Still Uses The Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier
Mobility Over Armor Among the armored vehicles operated by Japan's Ground Self-D...
Army（JGSDF） Elite Commandos? Who Are The Japanese Army Rangers?
JGSDF's Special Training Program Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has a...