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Japanese Navy SEALs? JMSDF’s Special Boarding Unit
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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...
Military How Capable Are Japanese Patriot Missiles Against Threats?
Last Line Of Defense Ever since North Korea's nuclear program and the developmen...
Military Already Successful? The Future of Japan’s Railgun Project
The Futuristic Electromagnetic Gun Often seen in Scifi-movies and regarded as a ...
Navy（JMSDF） 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...
Navy（JMSDF） Japan’s Hayabusa-Class Guided Missile Boat
Failure Of 1-Go Class Despite being small, missile boats pack quite a punch and ...
Army（JGSDF） Can Japan’s Type 16 MCV Replace Tanks?
Better Mobility, Enough Firepower During the Cold War, Japan's Army (JGSDF) was ...
Military Why Japan Built The Shikishima-Class Patrol Vessel
Largest Coast Guard Ship While Japan as an impressive navy, the Japan Maritime S...
Military How Good Is Kawasaki’s C-2 Transport Plane?
Japan's Latest Military Transport Recently, Japan's Air Force (JASDF) has been b...
Army（JGSDF） Komatsu LAV – JGSDF’s Most Familiar Armored Vehicle
Light Enough For Airlift Like any other military, Japan's Army (JGSDF) is equipp...
Navy（JMSDF） Meet Japan’s Mini-Aegis – The Akizuki-Class Destroyers
Air-Defense Specialist Being an island nation, Japan has heavily invested in its...
Military Why Japan’s US-2 Is The World’s Best Seaplane
Right Plane For Maritime Rescue Once commonly used around the globe, seaplanes s...