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Japan Might Buy as Many as 40 F-35B Fighters, Report States....
This week, The Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, said that Shinzo Abe’s administration “is planning to indicate the number of [F-35B] aircraft to be procured in the next Medium Term Defense Program, which is to be compiled at the end of this year.” The story went on to report that the Abe government is “mulling including related expenses in the fiscal 2019 budget plan, with a view to starting the delivery of F-35Bs from around fiscal 2024.”
Currently, Japan operates around 200 F-15s. One 102 of these will remain in service after being upgraded with more modern equipment. The rest will be replaced by the F-35B and the successor to the F-2 jet, under the plan being considered.
This week, The Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, said that Shinzo Abe’s administration “is planning to indicate the number of [F-35B] aircraft to be procured in the next Medium Term Defense Program, which is to be compiled at the end of this year.” The story went on to report that the Abe government is “mulling including related expenses in the fiscal 2019 budget plan, with a view to starting the delivery of F-35Bs from around fiscal 2024.”
Currently, Japan operates around 200 F-15s. One 102 of these will remain in service after being upgraded with more modern equipment. The rest will be replaced by the F-35B and the successor to the F-2 jet, under the plan being considered.
Guys ... STOP and esp. @FORBIN: STOP reporting posts You don't like, STOP replying to a moderator's call. STOP questioning and openly criticizing a moderation and even more STOP name-calling as anti-Western trolls and especially calling to ban others.
Either You accept other opinions, accept a certain moderator's action and shut up ... or I suggest you to leave SDF.
Any further reply will led to a "time-out".
Deino
Either You accept other opinions, accept a certain moderator's action and shut up ... or I suggest you to leave SDF.
Any further reply will led to a "time-out".
Deino
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Japan May Place Anti-Ship Missiles on Okinawa. And the Reason Is China....
"Japan is considering a plan to deploy new anti-ship missiles to the main island in Okinawa, according to news reports.
On February 24th, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that 'Tokyo has been proceeding with a plan to install a surface-to-ship missile unit on Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island to bolster its defenses against threats to remote islands in the southwest. But it believes the main island should also have a unit as Chinese naval ships have frequently passed between the two islands — an area known as the Miyako Strait — in the East China Sea.'"
"Japan is considering a plan to deploy new anti-ship missiles to the main island in Okinawa, according to news reports.
On February 24th, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that 'Tokyo has been proceeding with a plan to install a surface-to-ship missile unit on Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island to bolster its defenses against threats to remote islands in the southwest. But it believes the main island should also have a unit as Chinese naval ships have frequently passed between the two islands — an area known as the Miyako Strait — in the East China Sea.'"
There is a rumor on CJDBY stating that Japan is delaying F-3's development till after 2030. Can anyone validate/invalidate this? @SamuraiBlue
It's being reported by all major Japanese news outlets like this:
The exact wording can be discussed, if the research can continue just giving up domestic production, or R&D is stalled as well.
One has to consider there was not too long ago Japan wants to buy up to 40 F35Bs and upgrade Izumo. This will be the chosen path forward so there is no need to build F3
