The Self Defense Force, the country’s current military, was founded in 1954. occupation forces in Japan created a 75,000-member lightly armed de facto army called the National Police Reserve. But a month after the Korean War began in 1950, U.S. Japan was disarmed after its WW II defeat. Russia’s military also recently deployed coastal defense missile systems, the Bastion, near disputed islands off the northern coast of Hokkaido. In fiscal year 2020 through March, Japanese fighters scrambled more than 700 times - two-thirds against Chinese warplanes, with the remainder mostly against Russians - the Defense Ministry said. Last month, their warplanes flew together near Japan’s airspace, causing Japanese fighter jets to scramble. In October, a fleet of five warships each from China and Russia circled Japan as they traveled through the Pacific to the East China Sea. Proponents of the new military muscle flexing, however, say the expansion is well-timed and crucial to the Japanese alliance with Washington.Ĭhina and Russia have stepped up military cooperation in recent years in an attempt to counter growing U.S.-led regional partnerships. Japan, the only nation to have atomic bombs dropped on it in war, possesses no nuclear deterrent, unlike other top global militaries, and relies on the so-called U.S. There’s also domestic wariness over nuclear weapons. Critics, both Japan’s neighbors and at home, urge Tokyo to learn from its past and pull back from military expansion. Judge Dredd™, STRONTIUM DOG™ Rebellion A/S, ©Rebellion A/S, All rights reserved.Not everyone agrees with this buildup. 2000AD® 2000AD is a registered trade mark ® and © Rebellion A/S All rights reserved. K-9 image © BBC/Bob Baker/Dave Martin 1977. Cyberman image © BBC/Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis 1966. BBC, DOCTOR WHO (word marks, logos and devices), TARDIS, DALEKS, CYBERMAN and K-9 (word marks and devices) are trade marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence. Warlord Games, Bolt Action, Pike & Shotte, Hail Caesar, Cruel Seas, Black Powder, Black Seas, Warlords of Erehwon, Blood Red Skies, SPQR, Beyond the Gates of Antares, Gates of Antares, Algoryn, Boromite, Lavamite, Isorian Shard, Concord, Ghar, NuHu and Freeborn are either ® or ™, and/or © Warlord Games Limited, variably registered around the world.
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