Japan : Finally Beefing Up Its Military
Japan, increasingly concerned over China’s military buildup and corresponding aggressiveness in the western Pacific, has decided to buy additional F-35 fighter jets and to convert two naval ships into fixed-wing aircraft carriers. These moves are part of a broader effort to beef up Japan’s Self-Defe...
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| author | Bitzinger, Richard Allan |
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| description | Japan, increasingly concerned over China’s military buildup and corresponding aggressiveness in the western Pacific, has decided to buy additional F-35 fighter jets and to convert two naval ships into fixed-wing aircraft carriers. These moves are part of a broader effort to beef up Japan’s Self-Defence Forces. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/831522020-11-01T07:14:16Z Japan : Finally Beefing Up Its Military Bitzinger, Richard Allan S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Country and Region Studies East Asia and Asia Pacific Japan, increasingly concerned over China’s military buildup and corresponding aggressiveness in the western Pacific, has decided to buy additional F-35 fighter jets and to convert two naval ships into fixed-wing aircraft carriers. These moves are part of a broader effort to beef up Japan’s Self-Defence Forces. 2019-01-30T04:15:12Z 2019-12-06T15:12:51Z 2019-01-30T04:15:12Z 2019-12-06T15:12:51Z 2019 Commentary Bitzinger, R. A. (2019). Japan : Finally Beefing Up Its Military. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 015). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83152 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47592 en RSIS Commentaries, 015-19 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Japan : Finally Beefing Up Its Military |
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| title_short | Japan : Finally Beefing Up Its Military |
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| topic | Country and Region Studies East Asia and Asia Pacific |
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