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Japan Wants To Arm Its Submarines With Long-Range Cruise Missiles: Report
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Japan Wants To Arm Its Submarines With Long-Range Cruise Missiles: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 30, 2021

F-35B Stealth Fighters Operate From A Japanese Aircraft Carrier For The First Time
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F-35B Stealth Fighters Operate From A Japanese Aircraft Carrier For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 5, 2021

Marine Corps F-35s Are About To Be The First Fighters To Fly From A Japanese Carrier Since WWII
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Marine Corps F-35s Are About To Be The First Fighters To Fly From A Japanese Carrier Since WWII

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 5, 2021

Veteran Submariners Explain What Might Have Caused Japanese Submarine Collision
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Veteran Submariners Explain What Might Have Caused Japanese Submarine Collision

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 10, 2021

Check Out The Damage To This Japanese Submarine After It Collided With A Cargo Ship (Updated)
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Check Out The Damage To This Japanese Submarine After It Collided With A Cargo Ship (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 9, 2021

Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore
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Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 2, 2020

Japan Just Launched Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine
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Japan Just Launched Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 15, 2020

Huge Pacific Exercise Centered On Guam Brings Allies Together Amid Growing China Threat
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Huge Pacific Exercise Centered On Guam Brings Allies Together Amid Growing China Threat

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jul 24, 2020

No, Japan Isn’t Going To Install Catapults And Angled Decks On Its Izumo Class Carriers
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No, Japan Isn’t Going To Install Catapults And Angled Decks On Its Izumo Class Carriers

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 3, 2019

Watch Japan’s Giant US-2 Amphibious Flying Boat Land In An Amazingly Short Distance
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Watch Japan’s Giant US-2 Amphibious Flying Boat Land In An Amazingly Short Distance

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 9, 2019

Officials Admit Japan’s ‘Helicopter Destroyers’ Were Also Designed For Jets
Japan

Officials Admit Japan’s ‘Helicopter Destroyers’ Were Also Designed For Jets

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 28, 2018