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by hyperluz 799 days ago
Don't know why someone flagged u/lioeters message: "The U.S. is tooling up Japan for war."

It's so true. Japan "has been buying" high tech war tools from USA, like self-dismantling F-35s, for some time now.
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belter 799 days ago
In case you did not notice...If China takes over Taiwan, Chinese troops will be 60 miles from Japanese territory...
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jbm 799 days ago
I don't know why you are being downvoted.

At one point "pacifist" Japan was one of the top world spenders on "defense". It's a sham and has always been so.

The only benefit was that Japan didn't have to join the initial phase of any of America's invasions on behalf of its asian/middle east ally/ies.

They have been spending big since the mid 90s. It's too bad that the SDF is still incompetent compared to its neighbours.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/JPN/jap...

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