75 years after Japan launched one of the most devastating naval attacks in the history of the US fleet at pearl Harbor, the country again established itself as one of the leading military powers in the world, experts say.
The surge comes despite the Constitution imposed by the United States after world war II, which is limited to forces only for defensive purposes. In fact, analysts say that the defensive constraint helped to make the military power of Japan is stronger.
"Pilot to pilot, ship to ship, Japan can stand toe to toe with anyone," said John T. Kuehn, Professor of military history at the U.S. army. Kuhn is not alone among analysts who evaluate the Navy of Japan among the five best naval forces in the world. Kyle Mizokami, the editor of the blog Security Watch says it is the Alliance of Japan with the United States makes them such a formidable force in 2016.
"The United States and Japan are the two closest military powers in the modern world. They are even closer than the US and the UK," said Mizokami in the email. "They train together on a daily basis, and there is a major military exercise in the air, on land and at sea almost on a weekly basis," said the editor.
Kyun said that the presence of American technologies, such as the missile defense system that can shoot down ballistic missiles, making it a force hard to resist. In addition to a strong naval and air fleet, Japan is taking steps to improve its position in other areas, said Mizokami. Foremost among them is the amphibious operations. Japan has the ability to move troops and military equipment around the world, as evidenced by its role in UN peacekeeping activities. More than 300 Japanese troops are currently in southern Sudan, which raged ethnic civil war, peacekeeping forces, United Nations.
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