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Edan
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They have a defensive military only, as per their post war constitution, although they do spend quite a bit of money on that military.
Also, iirc, there's a USmilitary base in Japan.
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Edan
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Military Branches: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Japanese Coast Guard
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $40,774.3 million (FY01)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...a.html#Military
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Edan
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quote:
Originally posted by Frankychan
According to their constitution, they can NEVER have war again....literally. Unless they are attacked, then they can defend themselves (i.e. JDF).
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They could always change their constitution. Probably not easy, but possible.
Also, they have stated that if they have evidence that North Korea is preparing to attack Japan (fueling up it's missiles, etc), they reserve the right to premptively attack North Korea.
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Edan
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quote:
Originally posted by Calc II
If that is possible with N. Korea, they are already bending it. Theoratically, you can say why not preemptively attack any other country to "protect" japan?  |
No,premptive can be the same as defense, although it does show that they won't necessarily wait to get hit before responding - especially if you have evidence that they're going to attack. (Not doing so would be stupid policy anyway, imo. If you have proof that someone is going to attack you, you shouldn't wait until after getting hit before doing something about it)
Last edited by Edan on 22-03-2003 at 00:49
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Kontiki
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Canada
Aug 2001
time: 00:26
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Remember that Germany is relatively well armed because the US (and other western allies, IIRC) decided shortly after WWII that it was important to have a well-armed (West) German force to help counter the Soviet "threat". It was felt that a West German army with significant armor, but firmly locked into NATO, would be a significant obstical to a Soviet push westward. Its ability to operate beyond its borders and/or in an offensive role was greatly restricted, though, and still remains a touchy subject today (Yugoslavia, anyone?).
As for Japan, as far as I know, their military budget is limited to 1% of its GDP. Still, outside of the US, Japan probably has the most powerful and capable navy and air force in the region - not much in the way of an army, though. I do know that their air force, for example, has a sizeable number of F-15s and newer model AWACS aircraft.
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BeBro
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of the Krauts
Mar 2000
time: 06:26
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Nah, the Leo“s are excellent tanks. 
It is more the general lack of modern transport capacity, modern communication systems, means for precision strikes etc, etc.
When Kontiki writes Germany was relatively well armed - this was in certain points the case, but not generally. During cold war times, everyone believed that Warsaw Pact troops would attack (if ever) with a flood of Soviet-built tanks. Therefore, we had lots of MBT“s (several thousand) as well, and quite good anti tank capabilities.
However, since the end of the cold war there wasn“t much done to equip the forces better. There are some improvements underway or expected in the near future (new A400M air transporters, Eurofighter, Eurocopter), but other problems are still not solved.
There“s also a discussion if we should change our conscript army into a purely professional army.
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