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    Marines Considering Flying U.S. F-35Bs Off of Japan’s Largest Warships

    Marines Considering Flying U.S. F-35Bs Off of Japan’s Largest Warships

    THE PENTAGON – Officials in Tokyo have requested Marines deploy F-35B fighters aboard Japan’s largest warships, a U.S. defense official confirmed to USNI News on Friday.

    The service is now studying the feasibility of deploying short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) fighters from JS Izumo (DDH-183) and JS Kaga (DDH-184), Japan’s 24,000-ton big deck amphibious.
    The warships were originally designed to field a fleet of anti-submarine warfare helicopters and respond to humanitarian aid and disaster relief. However, in December Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a move to convert the two ships to field the STOVL F-35s in parallel with Japan’s purchase of 42 F-35Bs, reported The Diplomat.

    In March, the Abe government asked then-Marine commandant Gen. Robert Neller if the U.S. would consider deploying Marine F-35Bs from Izumo and Kaga, reported The Asahi Shimbun earlier this week.

    https://news.usni.org/2019/08/23/mar...rgest-warships

    China is the threat to the entire region.

    What strategic tools do we have?
    Diplomacy. Yes. We can develop and improve our bilateral agreements with every country in the region.
    Information. Yes. We can do a better, more consistent job both here and overseas to highlight why China is such a threat.
    Military. Yes. We can arrange for basing and intelligence-sharing arrangements. We can arrange for military exercises in the reagion.
    Economic. We can bring China to an agreement or we can cut ties. We can improve our economic agreements with every other country in the region.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Japan is getting F-35Bs, so they can use them on their large ships.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    Marines Considering Flying U.S. F-35Bs Off of Japan’s Largest Warships


    THE PENTAGON – Officials in Tokyo have requested Marines deploy F-35B fighters aboard Japan’s largest warships, a U.S. defense official confirmed to USNI News on Friday.

    The service is now studying the feasibility of deploying short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) fighters from JS Izumo (DDH-183) and JS Kaga (DDH-184), Japan’s 24,000-ton big deck amphibious.
    The warships were originally designed to field a fleet of anti-submarine warfare helicopters and respond to humanitarian aid and disaster relief. However, in December Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a move to convert the two ships to field the STOVL F-35s in parallel with Japan’s purchase of 42 F-35Bs, reported The Diplomat.

    In March, the Abe government asked then-Marine commandant Gen. Robert Neller if the U.S. would consider deploying Marine F-35Bs from Izumo and Kaga, reported The Asahi Shimbun earlier this week.

    https://news.usni.org/2019/08/23/mar...rgest-warships

    China is the threat to the entire region.

    What strategic tools do we have?
    Diplomacy. Yes. We can develop and improve our bilateral agreements with every country in the region.
    Information. Yes. We can do a better, more consistent job both here and overseas to highlight why China is such a threat.
    Military. Yes. We can arrange for basing and intelligence-sharing arrangements. We can arrange for military exercises in the reagion.
    Economic. We can bring China to an agreement or we can cut ties. We can improve our economic agreements with every other country in the region.
    We need to phase out our presence in Japan and remove any remaining limitations on their military and align with them as a ally, not a quasi-possession. It's been 74 freakin years, so it is time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    We need to phase out our presence in Japan and remove any remaining limitations on their military and align with them as a ally, not a quasi-possession. It's been 74 freakin years, so it is time!
    We are not limiting Japan. Japan is limiting Japan.

    We do not treat Japan as a possession. Japan and the United States benefit from our presence in Japan. We need bilateral agreements with every country in the region for basing rights and intelligence gathering/sharing. China is the threat today just as Japan was a threat in the 1930s.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    If you want a free country and peace like we have then you had better not give away all your positions around the world. Sorry it’s part of the protective infrastructure.

    Or debt problem has nothing to do with the military.
    I am tired of everyone fighting with each other. This is all by design.

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