Posted on 07/22/2022 10:43:42 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defense paper, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending.
The annual defense white paper, approved by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on Friday, highlights the need for Japan’s military build-up to address security concerns and seeks to gain public support for a stronger military and increased budget, which Mr Kishida’s governing party aims to double in coming years.
The report comes months ahead of a revision to Japan’s national security strategy that is expected to include a pre-emptive strike capability, which critics say would go beyond the limitations of Japan’s pacifist constitution.
China, Russia and North Korea top Japan’s security concerns in the 500-page report. Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, in a statement in the report, said the Indo-Pacific region is “at the center” of international strategic competition.
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Just build nukes already, Japan.
The Japanese could have functional nukes in about the length of time it takes to find the toolkit to put them together.
Russia and China can care less what Japan could do.
What matters is if they are actually in their inventory and both Russia and China know such.
i can send them a screwdriver, if they lost theirs...
I think you need to read about WWII.
Enlighten me
Perhaps this will help?
From 2007:
“Japan’s constitution allows it to possess nuclear weapons as long as they are kept to a minimum level necessary for self-defense, although the country has no intention of holding such arms, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-nuclear/japan-can-hold-nuclear-arms-for-self-defense-govt-idUST4792620061114
Yep. They could be assembled in hours.
Or be gained via the US giving them some. But my point, as you are indicating, is that Japan does not need the US or anyone else’s nukes, it can build its own and the US, etc. could not do jack about it.
Just buy some of ours! We have few hundred to spare.
You mean a few thousand .
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