Officials Admit Japan's 'Helicopter Destroyers' Were Also Designed for Jets

When the Japanese start naming these carriers things like Kaga, Akagi, Hiryū, and Sōryū, then it will really be time to worry :) (1)<p>But seriously, given all of the provocations by North Korea and China, this should be expected and may even provide deterrence against others&#x27; destabilizing moves in the region. The Japanese haven&#x27;t displayed any aggressive policies since 1945.<p>(1) Carriers of Battle Of Midway 1942 (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Second_Carrier_Division" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Second_Carrier_Division</a>)

With N. Korea provoking them for decades, I&#x27;m surprised they have kept article 9 of their constitution.<p>It made sense to defang Japan in the post-war period, but unilateral disarmament is foolhardy --and they know it given they have SDF as a workaround the limitations... so given they are by no means foolish, why keep on being somewhat hamstrung by article 9, specially given N. K&#x27;s behavior?

All this threatening and tensions and military buildup between the US, it’s clients and China as well as Russia sure makes me nervous about the future. Not to mention the recently announced movement of the doomsday clock to two minutes before midnight by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.<p>It would be terrible if the world were plunged into another catastrophe like WW1 or WW2. Unfortunately the lessons from those wars seems to be leaders are only to eager to start war to extend their power and prestige.<p>I’m sure nobody here wants war, it’s up to us to stop it!

Thinking of &quot;the pentagon wars&quot; the engineer that designed that thing for helicopters and now when it is all done they announce yeah and also it should be able to handle f-35&#x27;s.<p>Featurecreap.

Reminds me of the Through-Deck Cruiser episode for the Royal Navy.<p>&quot;Work on the design of the new cruiser continues. Our plans for its development are not dependent on the outcome of the Harrier trials&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hansard.millbanksystems.com&#x2F;commons&#x2F;1971&#x2F;oct&#x2F;21&#x2F;through-deck-cruisers" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hansard.millbanksystems.com&#x2F;commons&#x2F;1971&#x2F;oct&#x2F;21&#x2F;throu...</a><p>Handily enough, when the RN was forced to decommission its big-deck carriers in the mid-1970s the through-deck cruiser was outfitted for Sea Harriers and became a light carrier...

I would have thought they needed to rewrite their constitution <i>before</i> building these, not a few years after!

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