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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12015362
This covers the usual spiel and is to be expected, what I didn't realise is that China has such a small submarine fleet - according to JFS.
Logically it makes a lot of sense, why does Japan need so many MBT? Also their forces are not situated to best deal with the ongoing and ever burgeoning threat of N Korea - I guess that this serves as a message to all that Japan has skin in the game - question is are they going to do anything more?
This link adds a bit more context.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE6BF07920101217
My big question is what would Japan do if it really felt threatened by N Korea - another invasion of the peninsula - unlikely, but would they start to consider themselves more of an offensive Armed Force?
This covers the usual spiel and is to be expected, what I didn't realise is that China has such a small submarine fleet - according to JFS.
Logically it makes a lot of sense, why does Japan need so many MBT? Also their forces are not situated to best deal with the ongoing and ever burgeoning threat of N Korea - I guess that this serves as a message to all that Japan has skin in the game - question is are they going to do anything more?
This link adds a bit more context.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE6BF07920101217
My big question is what would Japan do if it really felt threatened by N Korea - another invasion of the peninsula - unlikely, but would they start to consider themselves more of an offensive Armed Force?