A security 'crisis' mainly posed by threats from China is behind Japan's largest military buildup since World War II, including new strike weapons and asymmetric warfare arms, according to a defense strategy report made public Friday.
The missiles include two types of advanced anti-ship missiles and Su-35 fighters, a fifth-generation warplane.strategy regards Ukraine’s lack of military and other power as insufficient to deter the invasion in February 2022., the strategy suggests that excessive secrecy by Beijing produces conditions for threats to materialize.
“To protect one’s country from such states, it is necessary to possess deterrence capability that makes others realize the difficulty of making unilateral changes to the status quo by force, as well as to develop defense capability that [is] focused on opponent capabilities,” the report said.will develop “hybrid warfare” capabilities including cyber and information warfare tools. Advanced technology also will be used in new weapons.
The report lists seven areas for the defense buildup, including “stand-off” weapons that allow striking opposing forces from a safe distance without being attacked. Key systems in this area will be an upgraded version of the Type-12 anti-ship missile and the acquisition of U.S. Tomahawks.would buy 400 of the most advanced variants of the Tomahawk, a missile capable of taking evasive action from missile defenses.by threatening counterstrikes as a deterrent.
Missile defenses against Chinese hypersonic missiles also will be deployed, and F-35 jets will be purchased.
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