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This 2019 brainstorm from the Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Agency seems to be still moving ahead, and is a bit odd even for that ill-starred front for the Finance Ministry (ostensible status as a MOD agency notwithstanding!). Apparently the idea was/is to enable the MSDF to be able to...

I don't usually post what-if scenarios but we've had a few what-ifs for smaller nations like Italy etc. So I was thinking the other day, what if Japan had been able to constitutionally export weapons in the post-war period? General Hackett in his The Third World War has Japan by the 1970s...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39176/veteran-submariners-explain-what-might-have-gone-wrong-in-japanese-submarine-collision

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It is supposedly a short range air defense missile system built on the Type 96 APC chassis. I tried Googling, but I couldn't find anything on it. The only thing I found was the source I found it from. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Here is the source I got it from...

I wish to ask, if anybody knows what were the building capacity of the major shipyards of Japan in the 1900-1950 period, eg how long were the drydock facilities and building slips of these shipyards? Ishikawajima Shipyard Uraga Dockyards Kawasaki Dockyards Kure Naval Arsenal Maizurue Naval...

Ah okay, that makes more sense. It seems the original description was incorrect. Justo, do you know where I can find more information regarding Japanese centrifugal-type jet engines? I’m curious how they compare to the axial series. and thanks for the amazing images and information, as always

Budget is a whopping 1.5 million Euro so I'm not sure where they are going with this. The picture accompanying the article even has a Zumwalt type ship firing the railgun. I guess for 1.5 million Euro you don't want to waste money on artwork...

https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/nihon-hikoki-x1g3-its-always-better-to-add/

The Koreans and Japanese (not to mention the Chinese) are able to churn out warships by the dozen more cheaply than what the US yards can. The 30DX and Daegu frigates, especially come to mind compared to the FFG(X). Most people attribute to this to Koreans and Japanese building to commercial...

http://wind.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_en.html https://gcaptain.com/wind-challenger-next-generation-bulk-carrier/ They haven't kept their website up to date. They were supposed to do some more tests by 2017 - does anyone know of recent research papers or other info on the project?

Not much in the way of details yet. Apparently in the same class as the USN's XLUUV program, though requirements haven't been nailed down yet. Presumably will be operated by the MSDF, that is, if it ever manages to emerge from the unholy mess that is the Acquisition Technology and Logistics...

Posted in J-Aircraft.com yesterday: Dear Members of J-Aircraft.com, Once again, I am afraid it is my sad duty to inform you of the saddest news of all in this dark year of devastating loss for the aviation history fraternity. After a 22 year battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, our dear friend...

"MAST Asia 2017: Mitsui Unveils New LPD Amphibious Transport Dock Concept" Published: Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:12 Source...

http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Tech/Japan-aims-to-launch-self-piloting-ships-by-2025 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40219682

Evening folks. I hope that someone on here may help me. I was trawling through a copy of Air Enthusiast from June 1973, as you do, and I came across a brief story about the Japanese NAL. Apparently they had formalised a basic specification for an experimental VTOL aircraft, of which two examples...

Continuing with the consolidation of Japanese aircraft topics on this forum, here's a list of all Kawasaki-related threads. As this company's activities span over eight decades and range from aircraft to helicopters and from boats to spacecraft, it was difficult to know exactly where to put this...

One of the things which has eluded my research is certain 'missing' Kaiten human torpedo types. Presumably prototypes. I know of pictures of at least one, possibly four, of the missing types but no further info. Internet sources go: Kaiten type1 - standard model Type 2 - experimental with...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) 22DDH helicopter destroyer. Source: http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.com/2010/06/22ddh-japans-next-helicopter-carrier.html http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/6-62389.aspx http://oursogo.com/thread-1155047-1-1.html