Japanese Self-Defense Forces

>>31024646
no

and yes

there's a reason why the US has been pushing for them to change it since the 60s

>>31024660
Since when has the US said a single thing about Article 9.

Probably wouldn't be a bad thing if they actually put together a full formal military rather than their current SDF. If China flips shit guess who's getting bent over right after Taiwan?

It'd be nice if they could hold out a bit longer before the US and friends roll in.

I wouldn't worry about the norks. Talk of North Koreans attacking anyone qualifies as "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".

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Its a race in the Pacific to see whose navy rusts at the moorings the slowest.

>>31024646
>Is the SDF up to task?
No, the Japanese Self Defense Force will experience great difficulty defending Japan from Russia, South Korea, China, Taiwan, or North Korea. However, Japan will probably receive support from the United States.
>Does Japan need to revise Article 9 of its constitution?
Yes, Japan is facing new and evolving threats from neighboring countries. Especially from China.

On paper they're actually pretty good. Good size and plentiful amounts of modern equipment.

>>31024646

>Is the SDF up to task?
as a standalone force? no
with the US? yes, maybe

>Does Japan need to revise Article 9 of its constitution?

unfortunately, yes
mostly because the US security umbrella is becoming less reliable (mostly on the political side where everyone is more concerned about not looking like warmongers)(the readiness rates of US forces dropping is also a factor but is relatively straightforward to deal with compared to the muddiness of politics)

>>31026064
This.

East Asia is not some Middle Eastern shithole that will go to war on the slightest excuses.

>>31026621
There are tensions though. I wonder what would America do if China tried to take back the Senkakus. Does the Security Treaty cover that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCq-HgIsm2s

>>31024646
Their navy is competent; their army, not so much.

>>31028593
I guess nobody expects them to do ground battles. Japan is an island nation after all.

>>31028548
Absolutely. The US recognizes Japanese ownership of the Senkakus, so if China was to attempt to enforce their territorial claim they'd get a very strongly worded letter and there's be years of lawsuits and potential mild sanctions.*


*What, were you hoping for a war? Nobody gives a shit about uninhabited rocks.

>>31024751
>If China flips shit guess who's getting bent over right after Taiwan?

China. Their economy would implode when cut off from international banking for being Very Naughty.

>>31028616
At some point fighting has to occur on the ground, it is not Waterworld.

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>>31028663
>Nobody gives a shit about uninhabited rocks
Well, some people care about them a little too much.

>>31028682
CHina isnt even dependent on international banking.

China is a major lender.

>>31026426
>o, the Japanese Self Defense Force will experience great difficulty defending Japan from Russia, South Korea, China, Taiwan, or North Korea.
Japan's military budget is about 90% of Russia's. It is about 4 times that of Taiwan.

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>>31024646
>SDF

Yeah, I think I know what needs to change.

>>31024646
no
go home red button monkey