Japan needs to rapidly follow de Gaulle’s force de frappe lead. de Gaulle did not trust the American guarantee. He questioned whether an American president would go total commitment and kill 100 million Americans to save Paris. The American guarantees in the Pacific could not be more hollow. Japan needs a credible nuclear retaliatory capability with a Japanese finger on the button of these Japanese missiles. Nothing else will deter a 21st century China.
Concur. Any nation that trusts the US for it’s defense are fools.