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Japan, eyeing military build-up, hosts Israeli defense chief
Reuters via MSN ^ | 8/30/2022 | Reuters

Posted on 08/30/2022 8:40:47 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Israel predicted increased defense exports to Japan on Tuesday as the Asian economic powerhouse signals intent to boost military spending amid more assertive Chinese conduct in the region.

Tokyo has been reviewing post-World War Two caps on its armed forces budget amid growing concern Russia's invasion of Ukraine will embolden China to threaten neighboring self-ruled Taiwan, an island it claims as its own.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party wants to double defense spending to 2% of GDP, which would make Japan's military budget the world's third-biggest.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz noted the shift in Japanese policy as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Tokyo with the signing of a bilateral defense cooperation memorandum.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Israel; Japan; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: asia; australia; ccp; china; idf; israel; japan; russia; solomonislands; waronterror

1 posted on 08/30/2022 8:40:47 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: KC_Lion

Ping


2 posted on 08/30/2022 8:46:19 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I am certain that Japan already has nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them.


3 posted on 08/30/2022 8:57:09 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: WMarshal

If not, give the Japs & Taiwann nukes.

Up the ante for the ChiComms


4 posted on 08/30/2022 9:10:07 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: WMarshal

If not, give the Japs & Taiwann nukes.

Up the ante for the ChiComms


5 posted on 08/30/2022 9:10:11 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: WMarshal

I don’t believe Japan has them. I believe they could have them very quickly if they wanted to. They certainly have the knowledge, the facilities, the money, etc.


6 posted on 08/30/2022 9:13:53 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: RomanSoldier19

If Japan spends 2% of GDP on defense, their forces will be quite capable.


7 posted on 08/30/2022 9:14:51 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: WMarshal
I am certain that Japan already has nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them.

They will never tell. 🤗🤪😆😀

8 posted on 08/30/2022 9:16:13 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: WMarshal

If the only response you have is nuclear, nothing conventional, you are totally helpless.


9 posted on 08/30/2022 10:09:22 PM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: ToxicMasculinity

Japan has a well-funded and professional “defense force” and with their technical prowess they are guaranteed to have advanced weapons that few know about.


10 posted on 08/30/2022 10:13:14 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: WMarshal

And China has millions of gung ho fanatics, and a leadership that is hungry for conquests and revenge (on Japan especially). They should beef it up considerably.


11 posted on 08/30/2022 10:15:22 PM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

And nation shall rise against nation.

Approaching Forever.


12 posted on 08/30/2022 10:16:38 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: FLT-bird

And the bitter experience of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima, as well as the constant threat of earthquakes, volcanoes and tidal waves. They’ve seen the downside of nuclear war and power big time. They might not want to.


13 posted on 08/30/2022 11:55:58 PM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: Varsity Flight

[And nation shall rise against nation.]

Very close. Actually kingdom shall rise against kingdom, is what we are seeing around this context.

BUT, we are ALSO seeing:

[And nation (Gk. ethnos) shall rise against nation (Gk. ethnos).]

And ethnic group shall rise against ethnic group. Some seem intent upon making this happen.

[Approaching Forever.]

You got that right. Keep spreading the Good News about the Lord and keep looking up!

Luke 21:34-36

Maranatha!

Thank you for watching the signs of the times.


14 posted on 08/31/2022 12:29:31 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Army Air Corps

Japan’s leaders are surely wise enough to know they can’t depend on America for protection anymore. Continued Democrat voter fraud means one of two outcomes, both of which bode ill for Japan: (1) normal Americans like us “grin and bear it,” meaning ever more illegitimate socialist governments that can’t and won’t do anything to deter Chinese aggression against Japan, or (2) we don’t grin and bear it, meaning civil war that will rip America apart and remove it from the equation. Japan and its allies must protect themselves from the big red dragon either way.


15 posted on 08/31/2022 2:06:23 AM PDT by Big Brother Go to Hell
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To: ToxicMasculinity

Iwo Jima has conventional forces ready.


16 posted on 08/31/2022 6:16:30 AM PDT by Jolla
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17 posted on 09/01/2022 6:36:07 AM PDT by SJackson (nations that are barren of liberties are also barren of groceries, Louis Fisher)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Japan can have China this time around.


18 posted on 09/01/2022 6:37:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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