Yossarian
Forum Resistance Leader
So I have been seeing a trend that apparently though small is growing in Japanese public opinion. The topic of discussion is re organizing Japan's Defense forces to give them an offensive capability. Currently as we all know Japan's military is structured to defend the home Islands, a has no real way to project power far from said Islands.
But some in Japan seem to wish to have an offensive capability such as the U.S. China or even India in the general region. This would be a departure from the past 70 years since the last time Japan had any offensive forces.
The justification right now is that Japan's regional conflict over un populated islands both with China, and in the North with Russia, along with a more unpredictable North Korea , that Japan should have offensive forces as both a deterrent and a option to bolster Japan's position in security measures.
What do you folks here on the forum think of this idea and movement? Currently little has actually taken place, but re tooling and slight re arming would all that would be needed to do so along with possible Japanese legislation allowing such.
Would a militarily independent Japan bolster security in the region? And possible be a counter weight to Chinese forays here? Or spark an arms race catching maybe the U.S. in the middle?
-Yo.
But some in Japan seem to wish to have an offensive capability such as the U.S. China or even India in the general region. This would be a departure from the past 70 years since the last time Japan had any offensive forces.
The justification right now is that Japan's regional conflict over un populated islands both with China, and in the North with Russia, along with a more unpredictable North Korea , that Japan should have offensive forces as both a deterrent and a option to bolster Japan's position in security measures.
What do you folks here on the forum think of this idea and movement? Currently little has actually taken place, but re tooling and slight re arming would all that would be needed to do so along with possible Japanese legislation allowing such.
Would a militarily independent Japan bolster security in the region? And possible be a counter weight to Chinese forays here? Or spark an arms race catching maybe the U.S. in the middle?
-Yo.