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Can Japan’s Type 16 MCV Replace Tanks?
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Military Japan’s Problem With Modern Drone Warfare
Drones = Essential Tool As drones have become crucial for modern warfare, from r...
Navy（JMSDF） Meet Japan’s Impressive Submarine Rescue Ships
Two Vessels, Two DSRVs As the implosion accident of the "Titan" submersible made...
Army（JGSDF） Are Japan’s Type 88 Anti-Ship Missiles Still Effective?
Outdated, But Menacing Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) is tasked with ...
Military Why Japan Used The F-4 Fighter For So Long？
In Service: 1971〜2021 Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) operates some of th...
Army（JGSDF） Why Japan Has So Few AH-64D Apache Helicopters
Replacing AH-1S Cobras The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) currently ...
Navy（JMSDF） How Capable Are Japan’s Atago-Class Aegis Destroyers?
Second Batch of Aegis Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) currently has ...
Army（JGSDF） What Does Japan’s Electronic Warfare Operations Unit Do?
Collecting and Jamming As modern warfare extends beyond the traditional domains ...
Army（JGSDF） Why This High-Speed Ferry Is Crucial For Japan’s Defense
Chartered For JGSDF In response to China's maritime expansion, the Japan has shi...
Navy（JMSDF） What Are Japan’s New Long Endurance UUVs?
Multi-Purpose Drone Vessel Drones have garnered a lot of attention in the past s...
Army（JGSDF） Why Japan’s Type 61 Tank Was So Important
First Postwar Tank Japanese tanks were long plagued with the reputation of being...
Military Was Japan Involved In Taiwan’s Submarine Project?
First Taiwan-Made Sub It is no secret that Taiwan has always faced the threat of...
Politics How Japan Relaxed Its Arms Export Ban
Not Banned By Law Japan has long prohibited the export of weapons with the self-...
Army（JGSDF） 100% Success Rate? Japan’s Ordnance Disposal Units
Skills Born From Demand During the Second World War, Japan experienced countless...
Navy（JMSDF） Why Japan’s First Missile Boat, The “1-Go-Class” Failed
Fastest Ship In JMSDF "Missile boats" are known to be small, yet highly maneuver...
Army（JGSDF） An Elite Brigade? Explaining JGSDF’s Fuji School
An Educational Institution When asked about the strongest unit within the Japan ...
Navy（JMSDF） Why The Osumi-Class Landing Ship Was Revolutionary
A Dock-Landing Ship As Japan prepares to defend its remote islands from China, o...
Military How Japan’s Coast Guard Is Countering China
The Senkaku Islands It is no secret that Japan and China has territorial dispute...
Politics Is Japan Preparing For War With China?
Recent Defense Efforts The security environment surrounding Japan has been deter...
Army（JGSDF） Why Mitsubishi’s Mobile Armored Vehicle Lost The Race
To Replace The Type 96 As the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) procures t...
Military Well Balanced? Japan’s Takanami-Class Destroyers
Murasame's Successor Among the impressive fleet of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense...