Japan has approved record levels of defense spending in a major shift from its postwar approach to military spending. Japan will also loosened arms export controls for the first time in nearly a decade.
Japan’s defense spending will increase by more than 16% next year under a record military budget.
With Japan facing a regional threat in the shape of North Korea, the cash injection is intended to accelerate the deployment of long-range cruise missiles.
The budget adopted by the Cabinet also will further fortify the military with F-35 stealth combat jets and other American weapons as Japanese troops increasingly work with allies and take on more offensive roles.
I wonder if and when they’ll get nukes. They’re more than capable of making them, they’ve been buying missiles and planes that can deliver them, and there’s been discussions about if for a while now.
Do you want more Godzillas? Because that’s how you get a Godzilla infestation.
No need for the cost as long as they’re under the US’s nuclear umbrella. So unless a president does something stupid, they’ll probably not get them.
A president did something stupid: