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Politics : Should the US nuke Beijing? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yogizuna who wrote (19)	7/21/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: DoubleOddBuck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26

There was 3 Japanesse Cruisers/Frigates in Port here last month. Not sure what the armament is. One looked quite a bit like a US Aegis class cruiser. They got some assets, but even if they are of no more use then cannon fodder It would be something.

To: Yogizuna who wrote (19)	7/21/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: DoubleOddBuck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26

cdi.org Japan Japanese Self-Defense Force Personnel: Active - 235,000 (all volunteer) Reserve - 48,000 Funding: 1996 - $45 billion 1997 - $47 billion Army: Ground Self-Defense Force Active - 148,000 14 Combat Divisions 4 Combat/Combat Support Division Equivalents 1100 Tanks 450 Helicopters Supporting Artillery/Air Defense Guns and Missiles Navy: Maritime Self-Defense Force Active - 43,000 17 Attack Submarines 63 Surface Combatant Ships 7 Anti-Submarine Air Groups 70 Mine Warfare Ships Air Force: Air Self-Defense Force Active - 44,000 3 Ground Attack Squadrons (50 aircraft) 10 Fighter Interceptor Squadrons (250 aircraft) Supporting Air-Defense Guns/SAM Assessment: Capable of defending home islands against all existing and foreseeable military threats (China/Russia). Capable of limited protection of sea lanes out to 1,000 miles against existing and foreseeable naval threats (Russia). No capability to project military force abroad. Trends: Over past 10 years spending has increased slightly in real terms but personnel strength has dropped slightly due to reluctance of young people to enlist for military service. While Japan continues modest modernization programs, there appears to be no intention to do more than maintain present self-defense capabilities. No indication of efforts to develop any force projection capability with air or naval forces.