[Stag_Man]

All the way...to Japan...that's not that far...and they couldn't sustain an attack on Japan,,,the Japanese air power and navy is very technologically sound.

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Lets also keep in mind that China is still a poor nation. Japan, though it is only allowed to spend 1% of it's budget on defense spends a comparable amount on defense($45.841 billion) to China ($67.49 billion). True, Japan's military is only good for defending Japan, but it's very good at what it does. If China was stupid enough to attack Japan conventionally, the Japanese would mop the floor with them.

Of course there's always the nuclear problem with China. We need to pursue missile defense with Japan with abandon. Japan is the only other country with the technological savvy to truly help us out on this one.

[Stag_Man]

I other words, if Japan increased its spending by 1% to 2%, they would spend 25 billion more on defense than China.