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Why Japan Has So Few AH-64D Apache Helicopters
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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 ...
Army（JGSDF） Japan’s Extremely Useful Type 92 Mine Clearance Vehicle
Using Rocket-propelled Charges Overcoming minefields have been one of the most d...
Army（JGSDF） Not Enough? Japan’s Type 99 Self-Propelled Howitzer
JGSDF's Modern Howitzer As seen in the Russo-Ukrainian War, continuously firing ...
Military Why Japan Canceled The Aegis Ashore Program
Relieving the Navy Every since North Korea's missile program was revealed as a t...
Navy（JMSDF） Why Kongo-Class Aegis Destroyers Are Crucial For Japan
Japanese's First Aegis Known for their highly sophisticated air-defense, Aegis d...
Army（JGSDF） Can Japanese SSM Regiments Stop The Chinese Navy?
World's Top SSM Operator As an island nation, preventing any enemy landing is th...
Military Why Japan Is Deploying Its Air Force To Australia
The Quasi-Alliance Japan's formal ally is the United States alone, but recent ye...
Army（JGSDF） No Replacement? Japan’s Type 89 Infantry Fighting Vehicle
The First Japanese IFV In modern land battles, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) ...
Military Explaining Japan’s Murasame-Class Destroyers
Large & Standardized Among the impressive list of surface vessels, the current b...
Military The Type 12 Torpedo – Japan’s Latest Submarine Killer
For Short-Range Attacks Once cherished by the Imperial Japanese Navy, torpedos h...
Army（JGSDF） JGSDF’s Guntank – Type 87 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
The Japanese "Gepard" The Russo-Ukrainian War has brought many insights in a mil...
Military What Happened To Mitsubishi’s X-2 Stealth Fighter Jet?
An Experimental Plane While gradually increasing the number of F-35 stealth figh...
Army（JGSDF） JGSDF 7th Division – Japan’s Only Armored Division
Key To Northern Defense Among the JGSDF (Japanese Army), one division stands out...
Military Super Rare? JMSDF’s Asuka Class Experimental Ship
Built Solely For Testing The JMSDF (a.k.a the Japanese Navy) hosts a pretty impr...
Army（JGSDF） Agile, But Obsolete? Kawasaki’s OH-1 Ninja Helicopter
For Air Reconnaissance Though the modern Japanese Army (JGSDF) buys most of thei...
Military How Japan Is Addressing Its Ammunition Shortage
Shortage Impedes Capability Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF) are known for the...
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...