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Japan's defence budget places premium on airpower
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By: GREG WALDRON SINGAPORE 21 hours ago Source: Flight

The Japanese defence ministry has called for a 3% rise in spending for 2014, with its proposed budget placing an emphasis on improving the nation’s airpower.
For the 12 months from April 2014, the ministry is calling for yen (Y) 4.8 trillion ($46 billion), compared with Y4.6 trillion in its 2013 budget.

The budget request comes amid a time of rising tensions with China over rival claims about a handful of tiny islands in the East China Sea. The islands are claimed by both countries, although Japan administers them.

The report lists eight key objectives for the proposed budget, the first two of which are increasing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and “responding to attacks on remote islets”.

The Japan Air Self-Defence Force stands to be main beneficiary of the proposal, with its budget possibly rising by 7% to Y1.9 trillion, compared with a 4.7% increase for the Ground Self-Defence Force and 2.4% increase for the Maritime Self-Defence Force.

The budget sets aside Y100 million for research into tiltrotor aircraft. The aircraft’s performance will be analysed “with the aim of requesting budget related to the acquisition of tiltrotor aircraft in fiscal year 2015”. This signals that Tokyo could soon become a significant operator of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.

Key air force acquisitions in the budget include four Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, three Kawasaki C-2 transports and three Sikorsky UH-60J helicopters. Some of the nation’s Mitsubishi F-2 and F-15 strike aircraft would also receive various upgrades.

Tokyo appears especially interested in bolstering the F-2’s ground-attack capabilities. The 2014 budget calls for the addition of a Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition capability to four F-2s and a trial upgrading of one example that would involve the integration of a targeting pod.

Japan's ground and maritime forces will also receive funds for new helicopters and aircraft, as well as other upgrades.

ISR improvements include the consideration of introducing high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicles “that would contribute to strengthening wide-area persistent ISR capability”. Japan’s interest in the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk has long been known. Given Japan’s strategic challenges, it would likely be interested in the MQ-4C Triton variant developed for the US Navy.

The budget also calls for the improvement of airborne early warning and control capabilities through the study of new platforms for this mission, with the potential to request budget for a new platform in 2015. The nation’s Boeing E-767 aircraft would also be upgraded and more Northrop E-2C Hawkeyes would be deployed to the southern part of Japan.

In regard to maritime aviation, the budget covers the purchase of four Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft and service life extensions for three Lockheed P-3C Orions. Studies will also be conducted into the potential of ship-based UAVs.
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This is the Japanese Military News thread. Japan is increasing its military outlays by a modest 3% and depending on bonds to help pay for it. Talking about that increase and what they are planning to buy is on topic.

Doing so is not a reason to threaten or imply a trade/economic war, or indicate that because China holds some of Japan's bonds that it can sink the Japanese eocnomy. It takes the thread completely off topic.

We have a thread about how economies can effect military matters. If you want to go into detail on such matters, whicle keepoing it civil (which this discussion clearly is showing a tendancy to get less and less civil), take the discussion there.

No more talk about the Chinese waging economic war on Japan as a means to thwart their military purchases. I have deleted those off-topic, arguementative posts back to their root.

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I assume it best to avoid discussion here for a while ?

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I am wondering how this increase in infantry is going to go down interns of equipment for infantry. The SDF is not exactly as active in gear but they have one or two makers who dabble in kit, they also have access to American and European makers.
 
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Royal Navy may have powerful ships but the warship tonnage the JMSDF brings to the fight is enormous

Very modern, powerful and professional, the most important thing they have is critical mass which the RN lack, see JMSDF can go to war and sustain casualties and fight another day, whereas RN has a very sophisticated small fleet one of them goes or breaks down you losse a huge capability a massive gap in the defence

JMSDF has many many capable vessals
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I think pound for pound or should I say ton for ton, the JMSDF especially their surface fleet is probably the most capable and balanced naval force in the world. I dare say even more capable than the USN from that standpoint!
 
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kwaigonegin said:
I think pound for pound or should I say ton for ton, the JMSDF especially their surface fleet is probably the most capable and balanced naval force in the world. I dare say even more capable than the USN from that standpoint!
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Well, there is absolutely no doubt that they ar very squared away...and very, very capable and trained. They also have a very long and rich naval tradition, and a lot of pride in it.

Very well equipped, very well trained, and very high moral force.

I did a comparison over the last 20 years or so of major "modern" combatants between the PLAN and the JMSDF. The PLAN has caught up with and passed the JMSDF in terms of pure numbers and tonnage...although they are still close in what they could bring to a true blue water fight.

But the PLAN's force is relatively young with these larger vessels and blue water formations and strategies. That can make all the difference in the world.

For grin's sake I threw in what the US Pacific Fleet could have available in terms of vessels and tonnage too.

Here's a link to that analysis:

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Jeff Head said:
I did a comparison over the last 20 years or so of major "modern" combatants between the PLAN and the JMSDF. The PLAN has caught up with and passed the JMSDF in terms of pure numbers and tonnage...although they are still close in what they could bring to a true blue water fight.

But the PLAN's force is relatively young with these larger vessels and blue water formations and strategies. That can make all the difference in the world.

For grin's sake I threw in what the US Pacific Fleet could have available in terms of vessels and tonnage too.

Here's a link to that analysis:

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Excellent comparison, Jeff!
Although, I don't think the various 072 LST variants should be omitted, because their 4000-5000 displacement, and the fact that there are over two dozen of them, make them a force to be reckoned with regionally (and to an extent in blue water, for instance the Royal Navy deployed a fair number of similar sized LSTs for the falklands). (I also think your listed 071 displacement is a few thousand short, but that's only a minor detail!)
It would also be nice to include the number of AORs both sides have, given their importance in blue water operations.


It will sure be interesting to see how the lists stack up ten years from now. Of course, given the JSDF's openness in procurement, we can more or less guess the additional ships they'll have by 2023, the big question mark floats over the PLAN!
 
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Excellent comparison, Jeff!

Although, I don't think the various 072 LST variants should be omitted, because their 4000-5000 displacement, and the fact that there are over two dozen of them, make them a force to be reckoned with regionally (and to an extent in blue water, for instance the Royal Navy deployed a fair number of similar sized LSTs for the falklands).

It would also be nice to include the number of AORs both sides have, given their importance in blue water operations.
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My real aim was taking a look at a true Blue Water comparison...in which case the Type 72s would not come into play. Clearly for any use of forces in terms of sea lift to SCS or other islands, they would be an important asset.

I think in the longer term, the JMSDF will continue to build modern vessels of various classes. I do not think they will be able to keep pace with the PLAN in terms of numbers of DDGs or FFGs. They may end up with a similar number of smaller CVH tyoe carriers that would be capable of STOVL aircraft...but will not have the same type of large STOBAR and ultimately CATOBAR carriers the PLAN will have.

Right now, next to the US, the JMSDF is the most powerful destroyer navy on the planet, but the PLAN is rapidly catching up and will surpass them in terms of numbers, and then tonnage in the next 6-8 years.

As it stands, the PLAN is clearly the largest and most powerful FFG navy in the world, including larger in terms of numbers and tonnage in that category than the US Navy. But the US Navy essentially stopped building FFGs after the OHP Class and has been building DDGs ever since. As a result, the US Navy cpuld bring more DDGs to the fore as the PLAN can bring DDGs and FFGs combined.

In terms of total numbers, it is clear that right now, the PLAN has, in terms of numbers of modern vessels and tonnage, achieved a rank of second largest in the world next to the US Navy. They are not too far ahead of the JMSDF, and the JMSDF's experience level would probably make the difference for the next 5 years or so. But after that, the growing experience level of the PLAN, and the continued rise in the disparity of numbers and tonnage, will eclipse that advantage too.
 
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"Japan's defence budget places premium on airpower
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By: GREG WALDRON SINGAPORE 21 hours ago Source: Flight

The Japanese defence ministry has called for a 3% rise in spending for 2014, with its proposed budget placing an emphasis on improving the nation’s airpower.
For the 12 months from April 2014, the ministry is calling for yen (Y) 4.8 trillion ($46 billion), compared with Y4.6 trillion in its 2013 budget.

The budget request comes amid a time of rising tensions with China over rival claims about a handful of tiny islands in the East China Sea. The islands are claimed by both countries, although Japan administers them ......... "
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it is not really a 3% rise, in fact it downs significantly (in US$)

in early 2013 1 US$ = 83 and now 105 (and it keeps rising)

so it means in 2013 budget Y4.6T means US$55B

in 2014 budget Y4.8T means US$46B

we can say it downs by US$9B or roughly 16%

remember it is very relevant as JMSDF buy a lot of weapons from the US

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wowww, I'd expect Chinese defence budget in 2014 would be ~ $130B (official or $175B unofficial) or roughly 2.8 to 3.8x JMSDF budget

and in PPP the ratio would be even higher, perhaps as high as 6-7x.... remember China' weapon mosly produced locally
 
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