Incidentally, the French obviously liked what they saw, as they ordered twelve Kaba class destroyers from Japan for their own navy, which served as the Arabe class.
It seems to me, the Japanese are looking at meeting the NATO 2% minimum, if not exceeding it.
I work with a number of Reservists who support CNFJ and recently heard from RADM Lahti recently. I've never heard anything bad about the JMSDF as professionals; only about how they work differently than us. Also, Friday curry.
I wonder how many people realize that the Top Three GDP's in the world are the U.S. at $25 Trillion, China at $18 Trillion and Japan at $4 Trillion. (Russia is just over $2 Trillion).
The former Warsaw Pact countries, Baltic States and Nordic States know what the real threat is. We have pampered Western Europe for 70+ years and they still expect us to take care of them. My opinion is pony up the $$ boys or learn how to speak Russian. France depends too much on her nukes.
Great vision as always. Thank you. Glad to have finally found you after you disappeared from USNI.
Incidentally, the French obviously liked what they saw, as they ordered twelve Kaba class destroyers from Japan for their own navy, which served as the Arabe class.
“Our friends are better than their friends anyway.”
Hear, hear. The takeaway from the article.
It seems to me, the Japanese are looking at meeting the NATO 2% minimum, if not exceeding it.
I work with a number of Reservists who support CNFJ and recently heard from RADM Lahti recently. I've never heard anything bad about the JMSDF as professionals; only about how they work differently than us. Also, Friday curry.
Now if we could just get Germany to really wake up to the current reality .....
I wonder how many people realize that the Top Three GDP's in the world are the U.S. at $25 Trillion, China at $18 Trillion and Japan at $4 Trillion. (Russia is just over $2 Trillion).
The Japanese will be great allies in rolling back the Chinese.
Especially if we put them in charge of ship procurement and maintenance....
We took our laws to war, and lost the wars and the laws-and the Republic.
Now I predict we’ll lose the Empire but keep the country.
And yes it’s your turn.
To lose.
The Navy.
Not even animosity, you won’t believe it until you do it, so go.
As Rumsfeld said you’ll go to war with the Navy you have, not the Navy you’d like to have...
The former Warsaw Pact countries, Baltic States and Nordic States know what the real threat is. We have pampered Western Europe for 70+ years and they still expect us to take care of them. My opinion is pony up the $$ boys or learn how to speak Russian. France depends too much on her nukes.