Japan opts for premption
North Korea's bluster has led Japan to reevaluate it defence policy.
"...The escalating crisis has already caused Japan to promise pre-emptive air raids if it feels threatened, and analysts have begun publicly to discuss the ultimate taboo, the acquisition of atomic weapons.
"An elite commando unit of 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers will be formed within three years, according to reports this week confirmed in off-the-record briefings by the Defence Agency."
"...Japan's navy also plans to build two ships that could rapidly be converted to aircraft carriers. This would for the first time give Japanese combat aircraft the ability to launch pre-emptive strikes, rather than merely defend their country's airspace...."
"...Shigeru Ishiba, the defence minister, argued that Japan had the right to carry out pre-emptive strikes if it was clear that the country was about to be struck by a missile."
North Korea's bluster has led Japan to reevaluate it defence policy.
"...The escalating crisis has already caused Japan to promise pre-emptive air raids if it feels threatened, and analysts have begun publicly to discuss the ultimate taboo, the acquisition of atomic weapons.
"An elite commando unit of 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers will be formed within three years, according to reports this week confirmed in off-the-record briefings by the Defence Agency."
"...Japan's navy also plans to build two ships that could rapidly be converted to aircraft carriers. This would for the first time give Japanese combat aircraft the ability to launch pre-emptive strikes, rather than merely defend their country's airspace...."
"...Shigeru Ishiba, the defence minister, argued that Japan had the right to carry out pre-emptive strikes if it was clear that the country was about to be struck by a missile."
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