Japan’s plan to retrofit its 27,000-ton Izumo–class helicopter destroyers into aircraft carriers has Beijing worried. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the move could in effect change the warships’ use from self-defense to military expansion, rather than a simple boost to their combat capabilities.
The ministry also warned that if Tokyo was bent on military buildup, it could risk putting the recent thaw in relations between the two nations back on ice.
“Making an aggressive move like this may drive the country to repeat its militaristic history,” the nationalist Global Times also warned in its report. Ties between China and Japan had been restored after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Beijing in October.
The 248-meter Izumo–class helicopter destroyers are now the largest surface combatants of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force since World War II, bearing a strong resemblance to conventional aircraft carriers.
Its lead ship was launched at Yokohama in 2013 with stated key missions including anti-submarine warfare and border-area surveillance as well as the swift deployment of troops and materials for disaster relief.
Two of the vessels – the Izumo and Kaga – have already been in service with two under construction and two planned.
Destroyers of this class can carry a crew of 970 and a maximum of 28 helicopters with armaments including the Raytheon-made Phalanx close-in weapons system against anti-ship missiles and helicopters.
Japan will write the plan into its latest National Defense Program Guidelines at the end of the year, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced at a press conference on Tuesday. The newly installed defense chief also said the retrofitted carriers would carry US-made F-35B stealth fighter jets capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings.
Japan will order 100 more F-35 fighter jets, including both the F-35A and the F-35B, from Lockheed Martin.
Under the war-renouncing Article 9 of its pacifist constitution, Japan cannot possess attack aircraft carriers, as it is only allowed to use force for self-defense.
Japanese military sources confirmed that the possibility of operating fixed-wing aircraft was incorporated into the design of the ships from the earliest stages of the Izumo program. The aircraft elevators and the deck paint were designed to handle aircraft like the F-35B, and it would be possible to add a ski-jump to the flight deck for the fighters’ operations.
My last comment to all is, just wait for awhileand China and CCP will eventually collapse. Google China Ponzi Economy Collapse Rickards and you will know why. With its collapse, the Chinese brutish behavior will end.
To all friends and allies, we are all facing a formidable opponent that use Asia Times for disinformaton and suppression of information.
I’ve posted a number of comments which SPEAKS THE TRUTH UNFAVORABLE TO CHINA, CCP, PLAN, ETC, which was posted and was subsequently deleted. So, all postings are being monitored and filtered by the China Communist Party.
If I stopped posting, that means that I’m fed up and disgusted. Freedom of speech, and
expression is in my DNA and being subjected to abuse by way of information suppression by the CCP and all its organs and instruments are just not acceptable.
To all friends and allies, we are all facing a formidable opponent that use Asia Times for disinformaton and suppression of information.
I’ve posted a number of comments which SPEAKS THE TRUTH UNFAVORABLE TO CHINA, CCP, PLAN, ETC, which was posted and was subsequently deleted. So, all postings are being monitored and filtered by the China Communist Party.
If I stopped posting, that means that I’m fed up and disgusted. Freedom of speech, and
expression is in my DNA and being subjected to abuse by way of information suppression by the CCP and all its organs and instruments are just not acceptable.
Jane Du China doesn’t have hypersonic weapon. Just like the rail guns, its all hot airs. It can’t even design and produce a decent turbofan jet engine how much more hypersonics. China don’t have the advance metallurgy and advance material science to protect against heat of hypersonic flight of projectiles and its inside components.
The bogus Chinese stealth plane, J-20 use Russian engines,
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/2171987/chinas-new-j-20-stealth-fighter-engine-no-show-zhuhai-air-show
the carrier J-15’s, reverse engineered copy of Russian Su-33 keeps on crashing and burning.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-copied-russian-jet-fighter-and-it-has-all-sorts-problems-36887
Now you claim to have hypersonics ? Will have to go crazy in order to believe this propaganda. LOL
China lags, way way behind, and don’t have advance semiconductor technology that can be incorporated to advance weaponry. Your submarines are too noisy and can be detected and be sinked easily. US stealthy Columbia class subs, with their cruise missile will do the initial targeting and suppressing of your A2AD capabilities. After being destroyed, comes next waves of F-18’s, F-35’s, F-22s, B2’s, B1, B52’s bombing and mopping up campaigns from US and its allies.
Chinese weapon capabilities have not proven themselves against near peer enemies. Again, all China military capabilities are all noise and hot air. China is the biggest threat only to small countries like Phils, Malaysia, Indo, Sri Lanka and other small countries that falls prey to its checkbook and debt trap diplomacy. Blimey, where can you find the good in that ?
Your ZTE collapsed when supplies of US semiconductors were denied. Fujian Jinhua is now facing the same thing, and several other China tech companies, including Huawei is now under investigation by the CFIUS and are facing the same prospects.
Jane Du China doesn’t have hypersonic weapon. Just like the rail guns, its all hot airs. It can’t even design and produce a decent turbofan jet engine how much more hypersonics. China don’t have the advance metallurgy and advance material science to protect against heat of hypersonic flight of projectiles and its inside components.
The bogus Chinese stealth plane, J-20 use Russian engines,
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/2171987/chinas-new-j-20-stealth-fighter-engine-no-show-zhuhai-air-show
the carrier J-15’s, reverse engineered copy of Russian Su-33 keeps on crashing and burning.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-copied-russian-jet-fighter-and-it-has-all-sorts-problems-36887
Now you claim to have hypersonics ? Will have to go crazy in order to believe this propaganda. LOL
China lags, way way behind, and don’t have advance semiconductor technology that can be incorporated to advance weaponry. Your submarines are too noisy and can be detected and be sinked easily. US stealthy Columbia class subs, with their cruise missile will do the initial targeting and suppressing of your A2AD capabilities. After being destroyed, comes next waves of F-18’s, F-35’s, F-22s, B2’s, B1, B52’s bombing and mopping up campaigns from US and its allies.
Chinese weapon capabilities have not proven themselves against near peer enemies. Again, all China military capabilities are all noise and hot air. China is the biggest threat only to small countries like Phils, Malaysia, Indo, Sri Lanka and other small countries that falls prey to its checkbook and debt trap diplomacy. Blimey, where can you find the good in that ?
Your ZTE collapsed when supplies of US semiconductors were denied. Fujian Jinhua is now facing the same thing, and several other China tech companies, including Huawei is now under investigation by the CFIUS and are facing the same prospects.
CCP- PLAN are helpless and can’t do anything. Why, they don’t have the big balls. They have the DF21/26 A2AD, why can’t they use it ? No big balls. Fluffy balls maybe. Heheheh
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/2175724/beijing-heightened-alert-us-navy-vessels-sail-taiwan-strait
CCP- PLAN are helpless and can’t do anything. Why, they don’t have the big balls. They have the DF21/26 A2AD, why can’t they use it ? No big balls. Fluffy balls maybe. Heheheh
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/2175724/beijing-heightened-alert-us-navy-vessels-sail-taiwan-strait
"You must reap the fruit of what you’ve sow". If you sow peace then harvest peace and happiness… If you sow the seeds of weapons the reap wars and troubles
"You must reap the fruit of what you’ve sow". If you sow peace then harvest peace and happiness… If you sow the seeds of weapons the reap wars and troubles
it plan to be all purpose destroy. to do rescue operation, anti- submarine, etc. but bcoz of the action of China its best choice it to make it a carrier
it plan to be all purpose destroy. to do rescue operation, anti- submarine, etc. but bcoz of the action of China its best choice it to make it a carrier
Enb Libra When Duterte is gone China is gone? what is the relationship between Duterte in Phils and China? Meaning you think Duterte is as Great as the whole China? It is not about Duterte anymore.. Duterte is actually nothing…
It is about the fact when China invaded the Scarborough Shoal/Panatag Shoal, it was former Phil Pres Noy Aquino asked USA to help them in facing China’s invasion in Scarborough Shoal but Obama just replied.. "USA will not fight with China with that piece of Rock" leaving the Philippines alone confronting China..and ignoring the 1951 USA-Philippines Defense Treaty
It opened the mind of majority Filipinos that USA left them alone… Obama failed the Philippines and ignored the 1951 USA-Philippines Defense Treaty.. It was USA who abandoned the agreement then.. then Americans just commented that Philippines is not an actual US ally but but a client state, a recipient of US AID and not giving back. They didnt think that Filipinos spent more than a Million lives for American idiology, fighting with Americans during the WWII. Filipino lives of Million sin fighting with America could not equate any amount of money then… but Americans forgot it.
SO I think, you are less informed about the reality on the ground.. It is not about Duterte, it is about the USA that failed the Philippines first during the Panatag Shoal/ Scarboraough Shoal Philippines-China Stand-off
Enb Libra When Duterte is gone China is gone? what is the relationship between Duterte in Phils and China? Meaning you think Duterte is as Great as the whole China? It is not about Duterte anymore.. Duterte is actually nothing…
It is about the fact when China invaded the Scarborough Shoal/Panatag Shoal, it was former Phil Pres Noy Aquino asked USA to help them in facing China’s invasion in Scarborough Shoal but Obama just replied.. "USA will not fight with China with that piece of Rock" leaving the Philippines alone confronting China..and ignoring the 1951 USA-Philippines Defense Treaty
It opened the mind of majority Filipinos that USA left them alone… Obama failed the Philippines and ignored the 1951 USA-Philippines Defense Treaty.. It was USA who abandoned the agreement then.. then Americans just commented that Philippines is not an actual US ally but but a client state, a recipient of US AID and not giving back. They didnt think that Filipinos spent more than a Million lives for American idiology, fighting with Americans during the WWII. Filipino lives of Million sin fighting with America could not equate any amount of money then… but Americans forgot it.
SO I think, you are less informed about the reality on the ground.. It is not about Duterte, it is about the USA that failed the Philippines first during the Panatag Shoal/ Scarboraough Shoal Philippines-China Stand-off
This is why some country need to boost their military nowadays bcoz of those aggressive country like china.
This is why some country need to boost their military nowadays bcoz of those aggressive country like china.
Enb Libra wake created by large ships stretches a mile, can be identified by EOIR sensor in LEO satellite or hi altitude blip. Threat ASEA radar has narrow beam & can be hopping fequency, jammer needs to be stabilized in LOS to threat radar, but still incoherent in phase. If threat is at hypersonic speed & in nonballistic trajectory, SM3 won’t intercept. RAM, ESSM & CWIS don’t have sufficient bandwidth. Enough acroymn for u ?
Enb Libra wake created by large ships stretches a mile, can be identified by EOIR sensor in LEO satellite or hi altitude blip. Threat ASEA radar has narrow beam & can be hopping fequency, jammer needs to be stabilized in LOS to threat radar, but still incoherent in phase. If threat is at hypersonic speed & in nonballistic trajectory, SM3 won’t intercept. RAM, ESSM & CWIS don’t have sufficient bandwidth. Enough acroymn for u ?
Jane Du I’ve already said it before, Japan won’t do the fighting all by themselves ! The US has a role to play due to their mutual defense pact. Do you think US will just standby while China attacks Japan ? You’re dreaming.
The DF21/26 is a big propaganda SHIT victory by the PLAN. The US-Japan has the Aegis ABM that can shootdown all incoming missiles. Your view of sea warfare is like a static battle on land.
You must understand that A/C carriers are moving in large swath of ocean which is very difficult, if not, impossible to monitor . Targeting them would be like finding a needle on a haystack. Aside from sea ABM defense, you didn’t even consider electronic jamming warfare, satelite disabling that could effectively blind radars of DF21/26. Thats’ why all these talks of DF21/26 A2AD capabilities are all BULLSHIT ! The USN knows that and they are LOL and play along with it ! It gives them more reason to request DOD for more budgets for more warmaking equipments. Unfortunate for the American taxpayers.
Do you think these moving ships will be defenseless and like sitting ducks ? I don’t want to go into more technical details as your closed CCP mind wouldn’t accept any explanation.
Remind you to register with US immigration as a foreign agent as, your stay might be illegal and that can put you to jail.
Jane Du I’ve already said it before, Japan won’t do the fighting all by themselves ! The US has a role to play due to their mutual defense pact. Do you think US will just standby while China attacks Japan ? You’re dreaming.
The DF21/26 is a big propaganda SHIT victory by the PLAN. The US-Japan has the Aegis ABM that can shootdown all incoming missiles. Your view of sea warfare is like a static battle on land.
You must understand that A/C carriers are moving in large swath of ocean which is very difficult, if not, impossible to monitor . Targeting them would be like finding a needle on a haystack. Aside from sea ABM defense, you didn’t even consider electronic jamming warfare, satelite disabling that could effectively blind radars of DF21/26. Thats’ why all these talks of DF21/26 A2AD capabilities are all BULLSHIT ! The USN knows that and they are LOL and play along with it ! It gives them more reason to request DOD for more budgets for more warmaking equipments. Unfortunate for the American taxpayers.
Do you think these moving ships will be defenseless and like sitting ducks ? I don’t want to go into more technical details as your closed CCP mind wouldn’t accept any explanation.
Remind you to register with US immigration as a foreign agent as, your stay might be illegal and that can put you to jail.
Enb Libra prerequisite to work for Lockmart is clearance by DIS@ S minimum.