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How Good Is Japan’s Type 89 Assault Rifle?
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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...
Navy（JMSDF） 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...
Navy（JMSDF） 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...
Navy（JMSDF） Why Japan’s Oyashio Class Submarines Are Still Deadly
Top-Class Diesel Electric Subs Submarines are regarded as strategic assets capab...
Military How Capable Are Japanese Patriot Missiles Against Threats?
Last Line Of Defense Ever since North Korea's nuclear program and the developmen...
Navy（JMSDF） Already Successful? The Future of Japan’s Railgun Project
The Futuristic Electromagnetic Gun Often seen in Scifi-movies and regarded as a ...
Military The P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft’s Crucial Role
Kawasaki's Anti-Submarine Plane As an archipelago nation with nearly 7,000 islan...
Army（JGSDF） Japanese Marines? The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade
The First Amphibious Unit In the face of Chinese expansion in the Western Pacifi...