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WHY U.S MAY USE C.H.A.M.P. TO FRY NORTH KOREA’S MISSILES ?
INTRODUCTION
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that the US is ready to begin exploratory talks with North Korea “without preconditions”, but only after a “period of quiet” without new nuclear or missile tests.
The secretary of state’s remarks appeared to mark a shift in state department policy, which had previously required Pyongyang to show it was “serious” about giving up its nuclear arsenal before contacts could start. And the language was a long way from repeated comments by Donald Trump that such contacts are a “waste of time”.
North Korea has not yet shown any intent on backing down.
Earlier this week it emerged that China is building a network of refugee camps along its 880-mile (1,416km) border with North Korea, in preparation for a potential exodus that could be unleashed by conflict or the collapse of Kim Jong-un’s regime. This development indicates the increasing probability of clash.
One of the options that the United States is looking at to counter North Korea’s nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles is an experimental weapon called CHAMP.
CHAMP stands for Counter-Electronics High-Powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project. It uses bursts of microwave energy — an electromagnetic pulse — to disable electronic systems.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes WHY U.S MAY USE CHAMP TO FRY NORTH KOREA’S MISSILES ?
CONCEPT & STATUS
The idea would be to launch a cruise missile such as an AGM-86C — which is carried by the Boeing B-52 — that is armed with a CHAMP warhead to disable Pyongyang’s nuclear forces.
CHAMP is like a super powerful microwave ovens that can generate a concentrated beam of microwave energy.
“These high-powered microwave signals are very effective at disrupting and possibly disabling electronic circuits,” Mary Lou Robinson, who heads development of the weapons at the Air Force Research Laboratory, told NBC News.
Missile, bombs etc all have complex electronic circuits, so such an attack would actually disable them.
The most important aspect is that it is not lethal for humans and will avoid human casualties.
CHAMP is not yet ready for operational deployment and it would take a little bit of time. But officials believe the weapon could be readied for a contingency operation within only a few days in an emergency. And indeed, the U.S Air Force has tested the weapon against simulated facilities that produce weapons of mass destruction.
BOEING B-52
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades.
This makes the B 52 an ideal launch platform for a AGM-86C missile armed with CHAMP.
AGM-86C CAPABLITIES
The AGM-86 is a subsonic air-launched cruise missile built by Boeing. This missile was developed to increase the effectiveness and survivability of the Boeing B-52 bomber as the missile can be fired from standoff ranges. In combination, the missile dilutes an enemy’s forces and complicates air defense of its territory.
It has a range of 1,100 to 2,400 km depending on variant. This enables the B 52 to launch it far off from the target.
A single B 52 can launch unto 20 of these missiles. Hence, an enemy force could have to counterattack more than one missile at a time, making defense against them costly and complicated. The enemy’s defenses are further hampered by the missiles' small size and low-altitude flight capability, which makes them difficult to detect on radar.
North Korea has no air defense system which is capable of taking out this missile.
DISADVANTAGES
Though seemingly a silver bullet , with CHAMP there are certain disadvantages.
1. The weapons would have to fly exceedingly close to the North Korean missiles before detonating.
2. There is also the very real possibility that North Korean nuclear facilities are hardened against an EMP just as American,Russian and Chinese systems are.
3. If North Korea can detect the missile, it’s likely they will try shoot it down or respond as if it were a kinetic attack. North Korea won’t know if/when it detects the missiles whether they are carrying CHAMP as opposed to a conventional or nuclear warhead.North Korea will see cruise missiles fly into the country and hear explosions. By the time they figure out they were less-lethal HPM payloads, they will have already retaliated. So, the situation will still escalate.
CONCLUSION
Keeping in view the limitations, CHAMP could be used by US in scenario where it targets a specific missile site. But this could result in all out war just like it would with traditional options.
In case of all out preemptive strike by U.S, the CHAMP will certainly give way to tactical nukes or conventional weapons , as it will be essential to eliminate all of North Korea’s nuclear weapons in one sweep and CHAMP won’t be suitable for that role.
WHY US MADE JASSM-ER IS THE PERFECT WEAPON FOR JAPAN TO DEAL WITH NORTH KOREAN MISSILES?
INTRODUCTION
Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera announced on 8 December that Tokyo plans to equip Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighter aircraft with long-range cruise missiles amid heightened tensions in the region over North Korea’s development and testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
Onodera said in a press conference that Japan would acquire the missiles under the budget for fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) to enhance the country’s defense capabilities in view of an “increasingly severe security environment”, adding that Tokyo will still rely on the United States to strike enemy bases.
The sources said the government is especially interested in Lockheed Martin Corp.’s JASSM-ER long-range air-to-ground missile
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes WHY US MADE JASSM-ER IS THE PERFECT WEAPON FOR JAPAN TO DEAL WITH NORTH KOREAN MISSILES?
NORTH KOREA’S THREAT
North Korea has hurled multiple threats against Japan.
In September, a North Korean state agency threatened to use nuclear weapons to “sink” Japan and reduce the United States to “ashes and darkness” for supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.
Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which handles the North’s external ties and propaganda, said in a statement carried by the North’s official KCNA news agency. “The four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. Japan is no longer needed to exist near us”.
In October, North Korea has issued a chilling warning to Japan to stop putting pressure on Kim Jong-Un to relinquish his nuclear program.
Japan’s such rackets inciting the tension of the Korean peninsula is a suicidal deed that will bring nuclear clouds to the Japanese archipelago, the statement read.
No one knows when the touch-and-go situation will lead to a nuclear war, but if so, the Japanese archipelago will be engulfed in flames in a moment. This is too self-evident.
JAPAN’s CHANGING STANCE
Japan is a pacifist country - at least according to its constitution. Article 9, introduced under the occupying forces after the Second World War, seems unequivocal: The Japanese people forever renounce war and the threat or use of force.
But new laws introduced by conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will allow a broader interpretation of what the constitution does, and does not, permit - so-called “ proactive pacifism”.
NORTH KOREAN MISSILE PROGRAM
Short , Intermediate as well Long Range missile of North Korea which includes Nodong-1, Hwasong-12, Hwasong-14 & latest Hwasong-15 are transported on a transporter-erector vehicle (TEL), but launched from a detachable platform on a concrete pad. Hence, the missiles are dependent on pre assigned sites for launch and are vulnerable against preemptive strikes. North Korea currently doesn’t have these missile in hardened silos. So, even a modest strike could disable its launch.
North Korean threats have meant it is in constant surveillance by U.S, South Korea and Japan. The assets include satellites, land based radar network and reconnaissance aircrafts.
JASSM-ER MISSILE
JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range) is a variant of AGM-158 JASSM. The JASSM-ER is a low observable standoff air-launched cruise missile developed in the United States. It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon of the 2,000 pounds (910 kg) class. The missile has an official range of about 1000 km or 620 miles. It is powered by a turbofan engine, which enables it to travel at Mach 0.8–0.9 or about 1000 km/hr.
FEATURES & TACTICAL EDGE
The features of the missile are as follows:
1. JASSM-ER utilizes a low-observable airframe designed to defeat enemy air defenses. The missile’s low-profile airframe is particularly important given the proliferation of sophisticated air defenses.
2. The missile is guided by INS/GPS unit developed for the JDAM and JSOW bombs, and uses IR seeker for terminal guidance. It also incorporates three-dimensional targeting models of the intended targets, of which eight can be stored in each missile. The missile is accurate within 3 m CEP
3. The JASSM-ER weapon can be employed day/night in adverse weather conditions
4. It can be fitted with different 1,000-pound warheads according to the mission profile.
Most of the North’s weapons of mass destruction production units and storage facilities are located in the mountainous areas near the Russian and Chinese borders. Due to distance, Japan need a standoff missile with precision strike capabilities.
With JASSM-ER , Japan has way to take out these positions without ever needing to enter the North Korean airspace. North Korea has very little chance of even detecting this missile with its old radar tech and will find it impossible to intercept.
Audio by Scott Leffler — scottleffler.com
WHY U.S BOMBER FLEET CAN DESTROY NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IN A SINGLE DAY?
INTRODUCTION
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said President Donald Trump will pay dearly for his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week.
In the statement, Kim also said North Korea is considering the strongest possible response to what he called Trump's provocation.
Kim according to The Associated Press said, I'd like to advise Trump to exercise prudence in selecting words and to be considerate of whom he speaks to when making a speech in front of the world.
President Donald Trump, in his first speech to the United Nations, had slammed Kim Jong Un using his new favorite nickname ‘Rocket Man’.
Trump said, referring to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un:
“No nation on Earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles”.
He added, “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”
The US Air force fleet as of 2017 has 3 strategic bombers B-52 Stratofortress, B1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber”.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes WHY US BOMBER FLEET CAN DESTROY NORTH KOREAN MILITARY IN A SINGLE DAY?
Lets get started.
B 52 STRATOFORTRESS
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades.
The B-52 has been in active service with the USAF since 1955. As of now, 58 are in active service with 18 in reserve.
Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs has kept the B-52 in service despite the advent of more advanced aircraft.
With regular upgrades, it is expected to serve into the 2040s.
The bomber is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles (14,080 km) without aerial refueling.
This combination of outstanding range and high payload capacity and ability to incorporate modern weapons makes B 52 apt for strategic bombing missions.
B1B
The B1B Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is commonly called the Bone.
U.S has 100 of these.
B1B has an excellent range of Range: 5,900 mi or 9,400 km.
It has a Service ceiling of 60,000 ft. The bomber has many design elements, which makes it hard for the enemy radar to detect it.
B1B has 6 external hardpoints for 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of ordnance and 3 internal bomb bays for 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg) of ordnance.
Hence it has a massive payload of 125,000 lb (56,700 kg) internal and external ordnance combined.
This makes B1B deadly. For example it can carry
84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs or
81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs or
24× Mk-84 general-purpose bombs
24× Mk-65 naval mines
B2 SPIRIT
The B-2 Spirit was developed to take over the United States Air Force’s (USAF) vital penetration missions, able to travel deep into enemy territory to deploy their ordnance, which could include nuclear weapons.
Stealth capability provides greater freedom of action as the bomber can evade enemy air defenses.
U.S has 21 of these.
The U.S. Air Force reports B2’s range as approximately 6,900 miles or 11,000 km.
It has an excellent payload too.
B2 has 2 internal bays for ordnance and payload with maximum estimated limit of 50,000 lb (23,000 kg).
It can carry 16 B61 or B83 nuclear bombs on Rotary Launcher Assembly.
CONCLUSION
North Korean air defense are good in numbers but not in quality. The missile defense like SA-2 Guideline, SA-6 Gainful, SA-5 Gammon are all designed in 1960s and have vintage technology by today’s standards.
These systems also may not be in proper working order and the missile availability is expected to be low.
The B-2 and B1B were designed specifically to evade such defenses, and the relatively low tech B-52s can simply fire AGM-86 cruise missiles at North Korea from well beyond the range of the country’s air defenses.
North Korea has a fleet of different kinds of fighters, which even includes Chinese derivatives of very old fighters like Mig 17 and Mig 19.
The MiG-29 is the Korean People's Army Air Force’s (KPAF) most modern fighter and it operates approximately 40 of these.
Though the Mig 29 is a proficient fighter but North Korea has been isolated for long with very little access to spare parts and other maintenance infrastructure.
These will be easy prey for US fighter jet escorting the bombers.
With little challenge from air defenses and enemy fighter jets, these bombers can operate with impunity and the massive destructive power is capable to bring down North Korean military to its knees in a single day.
WHY U.S MADE AEGIS ASHORE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS CAN HELP JAPAN?
INTRODUCTION
Japan is set to expand its ballistic missile defense capabilities with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approving the procurement of two land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense systems on December 19.
The two Aegis Ashore batteries, the land-based variant of the Aegis combat system, will strengthen Japanese defenses against China’s and North Korea’s growing ballistic and cruise missile arsenals. The government plans to deploy the two batteries by 2023 but has yet to make a decision on the locations of the new missile defense systems.
This is in response to North Korea’s nuclear and missile development programs that pose a particular threat to Japan’s national security.
Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera told reporters in Tokyo , “North Korea’s nuclear missile development poses a new level of threat to Japan and as we have done in the past we will ensure that we are able to defend ourselves with a drastic improvement in ballistic missile defense”.
The cost for the 2 Aegis Ashore missile defense systems could exceed $2 billion.
Onodera added: “We cannot say what the final costs will be, but we will move ahead to introduce Aegis Ashore on the fastest possible schedule, given public calls that the government should deal as swiftly and urgently as possible with the ballistic missile defense issue”.
In this video, Defense Updates analyses WHY U.S MADE AEGIS ASHORE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS CAN HELP JAPAN DEFEND AGAINST NORTH KOREAN MISSILES?
NORTH KOREAN’S MISSILE
This year has been an extraordinary year for North Korea. It finally achieved regime’s dream going back decades: establishing direct nuclear deterrence with the United States, it already had missile capable of targeting Japan. Despite sanctions, North Korea pushed on and became the first rogue state to acquire a functional nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile as well as a powerful nuke.
OVERVIEW
Aegis Ashore, is the land variant of the system. Basic concept and technology remains same,it is only that it deployed as missile defense site, instead of being deployed in surface vessels. The first site to be declared operational was in Romania in 2016.
The Japanese government concluded in an in-depth study earlier this year that the Aegis Ashore system is more cost effective for missile defense than THAAD.
RADAR
The phased array can concentrate energy where it is needed. The operator can boost the range and resolution in a particular direction without blinding the ship to threats from another side. The 4 fixed arrays of SPY send out beams of electromagnetic energy in all directions simultaneously, continuously providing a search and tracking capability for hundreds of target at the same time.
This radar is expected to track enemy aircrafts from as far as 300 km.
INTERCEPTORS MISSILES
The Aegis Ashore batteries will be armed with SM-6 interceptors and SM-3 Block IIA interceptors.
Manufactured by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon, SM-6 is a supersonic Mach 3.5+ missile interceptor with an estimated range of over 180 miles or 289 kilometers.
The SM-3 Block IIA has been under joint development by Raytheon and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries since 2006.
It is designed to destroy short-to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats.
SM-3 Block IIA interceptors have extended range of 2,500 km or 1,350 miles.
CONCLUSION
The Aegis Ashore sites would supplement Patriot batteries capable of engaging short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase and Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyers, of which the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) currently operates four, a number that is expected to increase to eight in the future.
If the system operated as promised, sensors would track incoming missiles throughout their launch and flight and would be able to take them out in the sky with the interceptor missile. The concept is similar to hitting a bullet with another bullet and is very complicated. Test results outcomes have been mixed, with some success.
In order for either SM-6 interceptors and SM-3 Block IIA missile to intercept a North Korean ballistic missile, the Aegis combat system would have to start tracking the missile in its ascent phase and launch interceptors before it overflies the Aegis ashore site. This all depends on the early detection of the missile. Early detection also enables multiple shots for each incoming missile , that increases the probability of successful intercept.
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WHY KINETIC ENERGY PROJECTILE OF U.S IS STRONG ANSWER TO RUSSIA’S TACTICAL NUKE?
INTRODUCTION
Russia has taken major steps in augmenting their military prowess. From new battle tank T14 Armata to developing the world’s most powerful ICBM Sarmat, Russian military is expanding its capabilities.
Russia has also been putting lot of attention on Tactical nukes.
To counter them, the U.S. Army is taking another look at a “devastating” weapon.The Kinetic Energy Projectile, or KEP, is a tungsten-based charge moving at three times the speed of sound that can destroy anything in its path. It was first tested by the Air Force and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2013.
In this video, Defense Updates analyses WHY KINETIC ENERGY PROJECTILE OF U.S IS STRONG ANSWER TO RUSSIA’S TACTICAL NUKE?
NEED
Why would the U.S. military, which has put untold billions of dollars into precision weapons over several decades, need such a blunt and terrifying weapon? The answer is to counter small nuclear weapons of Russia.
A tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) or non-strategic nuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon which is designed to be used on a battlefield level military situations, mostly with friendly forces in proximity and perhaps even on contested friendly territory. This is opposed to strategic nuclear weapons which are designed to be mostly targeted in the enemy interior away from the war front against military bases, cities, to damage the enemy’s ability to wage war.
Tactical nuclear weapons include gravity bombs, short-range missiles, artillery shells, land mines, depth charges, and torpedoes which are equipped with nuclear warheads. Also in this category are nuclear armed ground-based or shipborne surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and air-to-air missiles.
The yield of tactical nuclear weapons are generally lower than that of strategic nuclear weapons, but larger ones are still very powerful.
RUSSIAN TACTICAL NUKES
Maj. Gen. William His, the Army’s director of strategy, plans & policy, said “The Russians maintain their tactical nuclear stockpile in ways that U.S have not”.
Potomac Institute head Philip Karber, who helped write the Pentagon’s Russia New Generation Warfare Study, offered a bit more explanation.
While the United States retains just a few of its once-large arsenal of tactical nukes, Karber estimates that Russia currently has anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 of the weapons.
SIGNIFICANCE OF TACTICAL NUKES
By shrinking the warhead, one can shoot it out of a wider variety of guns, including, potentially, 152-millimeter tank cannons.
Barber said ,They’ve announced that the follow-on tank to the Armata will have a 152-millimeter gun missile launcher. They’re talking about it having a nuclear capability. And you go, ‘You’re talking about building a nuclear tank, a tank that fires a nuke?’ Well, that’s the implication”.
Though the use of tactical battlefield nuclear weapons, even very low-level ones, is not part of official Russian military doctrine, but it is a capability that they are increasingly eager to show off to intimidate neighbors and adversaries.
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AMERICA’S K.E.P
Kinetic Energy Projectile is a super-dense, super-fast projectile that, operating free of complex systems and volatile chemicals. Whether dropped from the sky or fired from a cannon, the principle behind these weapons is the same: hitting the enemy with something very hard and very dense, moving very fast. The principle of the kinetic energy penetrator is that it uses its kinetic energy, which is a function of its mass and velocity (K.E=1/2 Mass * Velocity) to impact target with lethal effects.
To maximize mass KEP uses the densest metals practical, which is one of the reasons depleted uranium or tungsten carbide is used.
Maj. Gen. His, said a few weeks ago at the Booz Allen Hamilton Direct Energy Summit “Think of it as a big shotgun shell”. But unlike a shotgun shell, Hix said, the KEP moves at incredible speeds of “Mach 3 to Mach 6.”
CONCLUSION
The kinetic energy projectile may become a staple of modern warfare soon as per most experts. The absence of explosive propellants to store and handle, as well as the lower cost of projectiles compared to conventional weaponry comes as great advantage.
K.E.P will be used as an advanced conventional precision effects warhead for prompt strike capability.
U.S and Russia has taken different routs in-terms of battle field level weapons. The Russian are going with tactical nukes which will cause widespread destruction whereas America is going with a more precise strike option.
For Russia, it makes sense as they already have a huge stockpile of tactical nukes. From America’s stand point, K.E.P fits well into the larger picture of augmenting precision strike options with this highly destructive technology.
It remains to be seen how this duel pans out in the future.
Audio by Scott Leffler — scottleffler.com
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WHY JAPAN’S DECISION TO BUY 42 F-35Bs FROM U.S HAS GOT CHINA VERY WORRIED?
INTRODUCTION
In what could be a major change in Japan’s policy on aircraft carriers, the Defense Ministry is mulling a plan to buy F-35B stealth fighter jets for use on its helicopter carriers, government sources said.
The introduction of F-35Bs, which have short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability, will be useful in countering China’s growing maritime assertiveness. They are expected to bolster Japan’s ability to defend far-flung islands in the southwest, where only short runways exist.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes WHY JAPAN’S DECISION TO BUY 42 F-35BS FROM U.S HAS GOT CHINA VERY WORRIED?
Lets get started.
CHANGING SECURITY POLICY
Article 9 of the Japanese constitution dictates that Tokyo will “forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation … land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained”.
Under its strictly defense-oriented policy, Japan has maintained that it cannot possess “attack aircraft carriers,” saying the vessels can be deemed offensive weapons that exceed the minimum capacity Japan needs for self-defense in light of the Constitution.
But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has altered the nation’s post World War II security policy over the past few years, most notably through new security laws that largely expand the range of activities permissible by the Japan's Self-Defense Forces.
IZUMO-CLASS CARRIERS
Izumo class is official a helicopter carrier class, meant to carry rotary blade crafts of different types. But some experts have indicated that Izumi-class have the capability to work as a traditional aircraft carrier.
Izumo class has two vessels, Izumo and Kaga.
Izumo class displaces 27000 tons when fully loaded. The ships have a speed of 30 kn or 56 km/h.
These can carry up to 970 personnel including crew and troops.
Each ship carries up to 28 aircrafts. This can include Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters, or Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters.
CURRENT ROLE
China has a large submarine fleet and Izumo-class is seen as a way to tackle this threat, as it can carry significant number of Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters.
Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters are specially designed to detect and neutralize enemy submarines.
Japan currently has about 102 SH-60 Seahawks ASW helicopters of different variants, and is expected to add another 80 new ASW helicopters by 2018.
The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawks is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family.
The SH-60J is a version of the SH-60B for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The SH-60K is a modified version of the SH-60J. The SH-60J and SH-60K are built under license by Mitsubishi in Japan.
The helicopters are armed with the following weapons:
1. Up to three Mark 46 torpedoes or Mk-54s
2. 4 to 8 AGM-114 Hellfire missile
3. M60 machine gun or, M240 machine gun or GAU-16/A machine gun or GAU-17/A Minigun
4. Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) using Mk 44 Mod 0 30 mm Cannon
COULD CARRY F 35B
Japan has purchased F-35As for the Air Self-Defense Force and hopes to acquire 42 units. But the Defense Ministry is considering including F-35Bs in the purchase, or adding them onto the deal for the 42 F-35As.
The F-35A has conventional takeoff and landing capability requiring a runway. The F-35B is the U.S. Marines variant of the F-35 multi-role fighter made by Lockheed Martin Corp.
F-35Bs can operate from existing helicopter carriers once modifications are made to the bow, deck and other areas. These modifications will allow destroyers or helicopter carriers, new or old, to function as small aircraft carriers.
The move, however has already trigger a backlash from China which view it as contradicting Japan’s so-called “exclusively defense-oriented policy” under the pacifist Constitution.
Thought the real reason for outrage is that, with this development Japan will be in a better position to counter Chinese military.
CHINESE REACTION
Japan’s second big helicopter carrier, the Kaga, entered service on 22 March 2017.
Japan's Vice Minister of Defense, Takayuki Kobayashi said at the ceremony attended by about 500 people:
China is attempting to make changes in the South China Sea with bases, and through acts that exert pressure is altering the status quo, raising security concerns among the international community.
At that time , Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that in recent years Japan had exaggerated the “China threat” as an excuse to expand its military.
After reports of possible deployment of F 35B in Izumo class, Chinese spokeswoman Hua Chunying warned any such move to upgrade the Izumo helicopter carrier would draw the attention of its neighbors for “historical reasons”.
Columbia River Sturgeon.wmv
Bonneville Fish Hatchery has a great Sturgeon habitat on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam. This is a few minutes of big Fish with a little Satriani for the mood..
Grant's Getaways: The Candy Cane Express
Grant McComie takes us for a ride on the Candy Cane Express at Garibaldi on the Oregon Coast.
Half ahead. Ship-docking with the Barbara McAllister @ Port Eliz.
WHY THE US’s LRASM WILL BE POTENT THREAT TO RUSSIA & CHINA?
The United States has conducted its sixth successful test of a new Long-Range Anti Ship Missile or LRASM
On March 19, Lockheed Martin released a press statement saying that the U.S. Air Force had successfully tested Lockheed’s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile off the coast of California. “During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launched a LRASM over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif., successfully impacting the maritime target and meeting test objectives,” the press release said.
David Helsel, the LRASM program director at Lockheed, was quoted in the press release as saying; “LRASM has now proven itself in 6 consecutive flight missions. The reliability and outstanding capability of LRASM will provide an unmatched weapon to our warfighter in their quest for sea control in contested environment.”
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the US’s LRASM will be potent threat to Russia & China?
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Uss 'saratoga' (1940-1949)
Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
USS 'Saratoga'. Possibly in the United States of America.
Various shots of the large aircraft carrier docked. M/S of painting of several ships on the hull of the ship with explosions (possibly to show how many enemy ships she has damaged). Shots of workers painting. Aerial shots of the warship at sea with other smaller ships in the distance.
Year: 1946?
FILM ID:2187.16
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