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Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending​

plawolf said:

Its hard to disagree with such sentiments, and most ridiculous part of it all is that America almost certainly blundered across the point of no return without realising or even meaning to do so.

The current generation of American leaders grew up in the age of American ascendancy and unchallengeable dominance. Thus to them, American dominance is the natural order of things and a fundamental cornerstone of their entire world view. But in reality, it was merely a fleeting anomaly created by unique and unrepeatable circumstances, which is being rapidly self-corrected as the hard unflinching economic, geographic and demographic realities start to reassert themselves.

American leaders only knows a world where America can fuck over whoever they want as hard as they want and not have to worry about consequences and repercussions because of American military and economic might. Any pushback will be defensive in nature, localised and only threaten the forward deployed US forces. Essentially the US has gotten used to beating up opponents who can’t fight back and can at most only make defensive blocks, so it now thinks the worst thing that can happen from starting a fight is getting bruised knuckles from punching the other guy.

Blowback that actually hits Americans at home can only come from terrorist and similar non-state actors because states cannot run and hide from American bombs and have too much to loose to dare to really fight back, so much so they coined a new term just for that.

That’s the fundamental unspoken assumption underpinning all of America’s actions against China, that China cannot and will not not punch all. It’s a tough nut to crack, and might bruise American knuckles but will never punch back so the pain from a conflict with China can stop as soon as America decides to stop punching China.

America has zero own historical experience to draw upon to deal with an opponent like China, and is far too proud to look to learn from the history of others. So it keeps throwing little jabs and sucker punches while China blocks all the blows and patiently waits for America to exhaust itself and overreach, all the whole readying it’s own counter attacks designed not just to end the fight, but also potentially end the opponent.

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Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending​

Despite shifting public opinion there is still considerable opposition to increasing military spending in Japan

Japan has announced it will double its military spending in the next five years, citing regional threats posed by China and North Korea.

It will also acquire the ability to strike enemy bases.

The changes mark the most dramatic overhaul to Japan's security strategy since it adopted a pacifist constitution after World War Two.
Under the plan, Tokyo will buy US long-range missiles capable of destroying enemy launch sites if it is attacked.

It will also increase its cyber warfare capabilities. Earlier this week, Beijing urged Tokyo to view their relationship as a cooperative partnership.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told journalists Japan's defence budget would be 2% of GDP by 2027.

"Unfortunately in the vicinity of our country, there are countries carrying out activities such as enhancement of nuclear capability, a rapid military build-up and unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force," he said.

"These are also now becoming more outstanding. In the next five years, in order to fundamentally reinforce our defence capabilities we will implement a defence build-up programme worth 43 trillion yen ($314bn; £257bn)."

A national security strategy document approved by the cabinet and quoted by AFP news agency described China as "the greatest strategic challenge ever to securing the peace and stability of Japan".

It also noted that China had not ruled out the use of force to assert control over Taiwan.

China's embassy in Japan responded by accusing Tokyo of making false claims about its military activities.

There are also concerns in Japan about North Korea's missile capability.

Pyongyang has fired more than 50 missiles over the past three months, including a ballistic missile over Japan in October - the first time for five years.

Meanwhile the Japanese document described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a "serious violation of laws that forbid the use of force" which had "shaken the foundations of the international order".

A previous national security document in 2013 described China and Russia as strategic partners.

Japan's post-war constitution does not officially recognize the military and limits it to self-defence capabilities, though former prime minister Shinzo Abe expanded its role in 2015.

Polls suggest public opinion in Japan now broadly supports some form of further military expansion.

Mr Kishida's 2% of GDP figure coincides with a long-term target set by Japan's allies in the Western Nato military alliance in 2006.

While many Nato countries are still short of the target, Germany hopes to reach it in the next few years. The UK has surpassed it and is aiming to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030.

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Dante80 said:

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Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending

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(Bloomberg) -- Japan needs to find another ¥6 trillion ($43.6 billion) to fund a promised expansion in defense spending over the five years starting in April, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged ¥43 trillion in defense outlays over the period to fiscal 2027, seeking to bolster Japan’s capabilities amid growing threats from North Korea, China and Russia. That’s an unprecedented hike compared with an initial plan for ¥25.9 trillion in military spending.

About ¥11.1 trillion of the extra requirements will come from non-tax revenues. This includes the government’s foreign exchange funds account and its share in a large commercial building in central Tokyo, as well as spending cuts and surpluses. That leaves a shortfall of about ¥6 trillion, the documents show.

Japan’s Rising Defense Budget Is Now Nearly on Par With Russia

Kishida said at the weekend he wouldn’t rely on bond issuance to cover defense costs in the longer term, but would increase taxes in stages starting in fiscal 2024. He has faced opposition from two cabinet members, who have urged caution about raising taxes as the government pushes for wage rises and a virtuous economic cycle.

The government is also considering bond issuance to cover part of the increase in outlays, national broadcaster TBS reported earlier.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

A small treat from Patch and Blizto's livestream this morning/yesterday night - Hu Xijin got another slap by Patch, Blitzo, and especially this viewer lol

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Dante80 said:

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Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending​

Despite shifting public opinion there is still considerable opposition to increasing military spending in Japan

Japan has announced it will double its military spending in the next five years, citing regional threats posed by China and North Korea.

It will also acquire the ability to strike enemy bases.

The changes mark the most dramatic overhaul to Japan's security strategy since it adopted a pacifist constitution after World War Two.
Under the plan, Tokyo will buy US long-range missiles capable of destroying enemy launch sites if it is attacked.

It will also increase its cyber warfare capabilities. Earlier this week, Beijing urged Tokyo to view their relationship as a cooperative partnership.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told journalists Japan's defence budget would be 2% of GDP by 2027.

"Unfortunately in the vicinity of our country, there are countries carrying out activities such as enhancement of nuclear capability, a rapid military build-up and unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force," he said.

"These are also now becoming more outstanding. In the next five years, in order to fundamentally reinforce our defence capabilities we will implement a defence build-up programme worth 43 trillion yen ($314bn; £257bn)."

A national security strategy document approved by the cabinet and quoted by AFP news agency described China as "the greatest strategic challenge ever to securing the peace and stability of Japan".

It also noted that China had not ruled out the use of force to assert control over Taiwan.

China's embassy in Japan responded by accusing Tokyo of making false claims about its military activities.

There are also concerns in Japan about North Korea's missile capability.

Pyongyang has fired more than 50 missiles over the past three months, including a ballistic missile over Japan in October - the first time for five years.

Meanwhile the Japanese document described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a "serious violation of laws that forbid the use of force" which had "shaken the foundations of the international order".

A previous national security document in 2013 described China and Russia as strategic partners.

Japan's post-war constitution does not officially recognize the military and limits it to self-defence capabilities, though former prime minister Shinzo Abe expanded its role in 2015.

Polls suggest public opinion in Japan now broadly supports some form of further military expansion.

Mr Kishida's 2% of GDP figure coincides with a long-term target set by Japan's allies in the Western Nato military alliance in 2006.

While many Nato countries are still short of the target, Germany hopes to reach it in the next few years. The UK has surpassed it and is aiming to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

A small treat from Patch and Blizto's livestream this morning/yesterday night - Hu Xijin got another slap by Patch, Blitzo, and especially this viewer lol

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Stryker said:

War is almost inevitable at this point. I believe the US will deploy Hypersonic cruise missiles & HGVs in Okinawa too. China should be under no illusion now, go all in wrt nuke buildup, HCM, HGV stockpiles and even space based weapons regardless of the consequences. When the time is right do away publicly with the no first use policy (perhaps after reaching a nuke stockpile of around 1500) and also announce Pre-emptive use of Nuclear weapons if China's core interests are threatened. Of course all this will attract numerous sanctions against China but then it will be a double edged sword in that China can finally openly massively arm North Korea to the teeth with 21st century military technology alongwith providing some advanced capabilities to Iran and Cuba to needle the US. Possibly even arm Pakistan with HGVs and HCMs in the future to keep 82IQs busy and seething. If they want a war, China should give them their fucking war!

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Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending​

Despite shifting public opinion there is still considerable opposition to increasing military spending in Japan

Japan has announced it will double its military spending in the next five years, citing regional threats posed by China and North Korea.

It will also acquire the ability to strike enemy bases.

The changes mark the most dramatic overhaul to Japan's security strategy since it adopted a pacifist constitution after World War Two.
Under the plan, Tokyo will buy US long-range missiles capable of destroying enemy launch sites if it is attacked.

It will also increase its cyber warfare capabilities. Earlier this week, Beijing urged Tokyo to view their relationship as a cooperative partnership.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told journalists Japan's defence budget would be 2% of GDP by 2027.

"Unfortunately in the vicinity of our country, there are countries carrying out activities such as enhancement of nuclear capability, a rapid military build-up and unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force," he said.

"These are also now becoming more outstanding. In the next five years, in order to fundamentally reinforce our defence capabilities we will implement a defence build-up programme worth 43 trillion yen ($314bn; £257bn)."

A national security strategy document approved by the cabinet and quoted by AFP news agency described China as "the greatest strategic challenge ever to securing the peace and stability of Japan".

It also noted that China had not ruled out the use of force to assert control over Taiwan.

China's embassy in Japan responded by accusing Tokyo of making false claims about its military activities.

There are also concerns in Japan about North Korea's missile capability.

Pyongyang has fired more than 50 missiles over the past three months, including a ballistic missile over Japan in October - the first time for five years.

Meanwhile the Japanese document described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a "serious violation of laws that forbid the use of force" which had "shaken the foundations of the international order".

A previous national security document in 2013 described China and Russia as strategic partners.

Japan's post-war constitution does not officially recognize the military and limits it to self-defence capabilities, though former prime minister Shinzo Abe expanded its role in 2015.

Polls suggest public opinion in Japan now broadly supports some form of further military expansion.

Mr Kishida's 2% of GDP figure coincides with a long-term target set by Japan's allies in the Western Nato military alliance in 2006.

While many Nato countries are still short of the target, Germany hopes to reach it in the next few years. The UK has surpassed it and is aiming to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030.

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