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.
There you are Chinese arm forces…Japan will not end their silence they are enforcing their country from suversive idea for retaliations.
There you are Chinese arm forces…Japan will not end their silence they are enforcing their country from suversive idea for retaliations.
Flora de los Sinensis The ROK is a rogue state? Whee have you been getting your information from?
Flora de los Sinensis The ROK is a rogue state? Whee have you been getting your information from?
AT is based in Hong Kong & does not censor postings. It is obvious that u r a Taiwan secessionist of Yamato heritage. From ur posting time, u can’t be in CONUS.
Enb Libra US has only one class of SSBN which is the Ohio class, SSN consists of Los Angeles, Seawolf & Virginia classes. Existing US cruise missiles are subsonic that can be intercepted by CWIS. Chinese land based missiles are all mobile & mostly hide in underground tunnels. LockMart missile facilities include Moorestown, Sunnyvale, Orlando/Grand Priaire for AGEIS, THAAD & JASSM/PAC3 development respectively. Reading AT & Popular Mechanics wont teach u these. U r at best a technicia & weekend military enthusicist.
Enb Libra US has only one class of SSBN which is the Ohio class, SSN consists of Los Angeles, Seawolf & Virginia classes. Existing US cruise missiles are subsonic that can be intercepted by CWIS. Chinese land based missiles are all mobile & mostly hide in underground tunnels. LockMart missile facilities include Moorestown, Sunnyvale, Orlando/Grand Priaire for AGEIS, THAAD & JASSM/PAC3 development respectively. Reading AT & Popular Mechanics wont teach u these. U r at best a technicia & weekend military enthusicist.
Hmmm trolls , Japan should built whatever they wish, in fact they should just ignore the post war pacifist policy. Then East Asians can all blow each other away just like how they do it in the middle east and the nice good old USA will just sit around looking smug and smiling away and maybe their NGOs will extend a little charity and show some tears here and there in the TV to show they care. A nice reset without lifting a finger just a little provocation here and there. How nice.
Hmmm trolls , Japan should built whatever they wish, in fact they should just ignore the post war pacifist policy. Then East Asians can all blow each other away just like how they do it in the middle east and the nice good old USA will just sit around looking smug and smiling away and maybe their NGOs will extend a little charity and show some tears here and there in the TV to show they care. A nice reset without lifting a finger just a little provocation here and there. How nice.
Well, I have to agree with you sir.
You can’t trust China.
Well, I have to agree with you sir.
You can’t trust China.
*** Re totally afraid of F-35 nearby ***
Do (you guys) really believe that the Chinese are afraid of them clunkers and them half arsed Stormy Daniel sitting ducks they call Izumos whatever? C’mon, be serious Man! Dime a dozen is what I call ‘em.
Looky here, if you guys are so wishy washy that it’s a case of scared shit for the Chinese, then, exactly the same wishy washy as them (JF-17 class F-16’s) that DJT just furnished the Island of Taiwan in the faces of them front line Chinese J-11’s, 11B’s, 15’s, 16’s, J-10’s, 20’s, 31’s, drones by the bus loads, what not, how logically sensible do you guy think your school of thought is? Misguided is a word that comes to mind.
Yes, I agree that the Chinese are full of shit when they make silly complaints like that but, I’am more incline to believe that the complaint was directed more at the US than it is at Japan for the simple fact the Americans had breached their own code of conduct on (the doctrine of proliferation) — a doctrine that America itself had devised.
When America furnishes weapons such as the F-35 to rogue states in the Asia Pacific nations, i.e., as in THAAD to the ROK, what she is doing, essentially, is that — she is lighting the fires of dissension in the Asia Pacific which could lead to full scale war and conflict (America’s specialty of course). I mean do you want war on your front door? Of course you don’t. Nobody does.
Just as how JFK was FUMING MAD when Kruschev started shipping his nukes to the Island of Cuba, don’t you think the Chinese too have the same “When hell freezes over!” right as Well?
C’mon. I agree it was stupid of China to complaint. But, do get off of a this (F-35 high horse you guys are riding) because you just might get a very very ugly fall from it if you aren’t careful.
???? This goes especially for you, Yashy, because I do notice that you are having hell of a days here.????
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*** Re totally afraid of F-35 nearby ***
Do (you guys) really believe that the Chinese are afraid of them clunkers and them half arsed Stormy Daniel sitting ducks they call Izumos whatever? C’mon, be serious Man! Dime a dozen is what I call ‘em.
Looky here, if you guys are so wishy washy that it’s a case of scared shit for the Chinese, then, exactly the same wishy washy as them (JF-17 class F-16’s) that DJT just furnished the Island of Taiwan in the faces of them front line Chinese J-11’s, 11B’s, 15’s, 16’s, J-10’s, 20’s, 31’s, drones by the bus loads, what not, how logically sensible do you guy think your school of thought is? Misguided is a word that comes to mind.
Yes, I agree that the Chinese are full of shit when they make silly complaints like that but, I’am more incline to believe that the complaint was directed more at the US than it is at Japan for the simple fact the Americans had breached their own code of conduct on (the doctrine of proliferation) — a doctrine that America itself had devised.
When America furnishes weapons such as the F-35 to rogue states in the Asia Pacific nations, i.e., as in THAAD to the ROK, what she is doing, essentially, is that — she is lighting the fires of dissension in the Asia Pacific which could lead to full scale war and conflict (America’s specialty of course). I mean do you want war on your front door? Of course you don’t. Nobody does.
Just as how JFK was FUMING MAD when Kruschev started shipping his nukes to the Island of Cuba, don’t you think the Chinese too have the same “When hell freezes over!” right as Well?
C’mon. I agree it was stupid of China to complaint. But, do get off of a this (F-35 high horse you guys are riding) because you just might get a very very ugly fall from it if you aren’t careful.
???? This goes especially for you, Yashy, because I do notice that you are having hell of a days here.????
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Jane Du believe me, all the DF 21/26 A2AD will be effectively neutralized first by cruise missiles that will be delivered by the stealthy Columbia class subs. DF 21/26 are all hype. The same thing with Hypersonic and rail guns by China.
Jane Du believe me, all the DF 21/26 A2AD will be effectively neutralized first by cruise missiles that will be delivered by the stealthy Columbia class subs. DF 21/26 are all hype. The same thing with Hypersonic and rail guns by China.
Jane Du Sorry, my subsequent posts were deleted and filtered by your CCP comrades and agents. These posts should reveal the weaknesses and shortcomings of the PLAN. Thats’ why all China military strength and advance weaponry were made by creative minds of your CCP agents. They should apply with Disney or Pixar and they’ll be successful there.
It will be a massacre should China fight US military. Not in our lifetime will China overtake US militarily. This is just for dreamers.
Jane Du Sorry, my subsequent posts were deleted and filtered by your CCP comrades and agents. These posts should reveal the weaknesses and shortcomings of the PLAN. Thats’ why all China military strength and advance weaponry were made by creative minds of your CCP agents. They should apply with Disney or Pixar and they’ll be successful there.
It will be a massacre should China fight US military. Not in our lifetime will China overtake US militarily. This is just for dreamers.
ASEAN Economic Community You’re a fvcking faceless idiot. You’re a real coward and hiding in a non-person entity. I don’t care about the opinion of a faceless non-person entity.
Both Duterte and China-CCP are bad actors. Maybe a China regime change should be undertaken by US to save peaceful and freedom loving Chinese.
ASEAN Economic Community You’re a fvcking faceless idiot. You’re a real coward and hiding in a non-person entity. I don’t care about the opinion of a faceless non-person entity.
Both Duterte and China-CCP are bad actors. Maybe a China regime change should be undertaken by US to save peaceful and freedom loving Chinese.
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.