AverageAmericanGuy: Why would anyone be worried about a Japan on the brink of economic ruin acquiring the best military toys America has to offer?


The Imperial Japanese Army got TROUNCED by the end of World War II. By the time the bombs were dropped Japan's empire was beaten on all fronts and just circling the drain.

It's hard to bounce back from a beating like that. The Japanese still remember that defeat culturally and as such are some of the least likely to be warmongers of any culture I've met. They're slightly more pacifistic than sober Canadians.

But, their mortal enemy, if they have one, is China and their nearest insane neighbor is North Korea. Both nuclear powers. Both highly militarized.

Japan won't start any wars, but if one does start, they'll need the best stuff there is already in the chamber or it will go poorly for them.

ProudRedneck: With the air force grounded, Godzilla launched his attack.

Methinks it's Rodan they're worried about.

cbunny: YouPeopleAreCrazy: tankjr:

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And there are how many operational squadrons of those?

No fewer than operational squadrons of F35s.

Japan will probably buy American for political reasons. Personally I think Typhoon deserves a shot, it's a much better fighter than the F18 and the F35 project is an ongoing mess.

Personally, I think we're overlooking zeppelins as a potential military vehicle.

With modern technology, you could simply make a zeppelin with so many anti-weapon weapons on it, it would be night invulnerable. Too guarded to missile, too big for small arms, too high to climb to, and able to be remotely controlled from a safe location. It would be like a very slow missile that also shoots back. Like a modern day siege tower.

And all of our elite soldiers could wear a tuxedo, top hat, and monocle during every engagement.

Calvin Butterball: Leave Japan alone! For great justice, they're taking off every zig.

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I live in Japan.

That old school Engrish isn't only unknown, it's been overridden in my head by a sea of far more coma inducing non-sequiters. For example:

aagrajag: It contains some substance that is supposed to enlarge breasts.

The mystical substance known as "caloric value" has been cynically proven to enlarge your fatty tissues.

But you're a Japanese girl so your bra size starts at B, and with the padding that bra size in actually convex. You can achieve the legendary F-cup by simply breathing in before eating the cookie.