Calvinb1nav Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 They just ordered Sniper targeting pods for their F- 2 fighters (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/august/Japans-F-2-Marks-8th-Platform-to-Fly-with-LM.html). Certainly not equipment for "self-defense". Long overdue IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Sure they are. PGMs are invaluable against Kaiju! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankerwanabe Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Wobooh!!! Â I'm for the Japanese protecting their airspace over Bejing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Wobooh!!! I'm for the Japanese protecting their airspace over Bejing.No..   Many countries already have the sniper pod, maybe an older version. The Japanese J/AAQ-2 seems to lack the targeting capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swerve Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 They just ordered Sniper targeting pods for their F- 2 fighters (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/august/Japans-F-2-Marks-8th-Platform-to-Fly-with-LM.html). Certainly not equipment for "self-defense". Long overdue IMHO. Why not? They need to be able to destroy invaders, on the ground, sea or in the air. That means sensors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015  Why not? They need to be able to destroy invaders, on the ground, sea or in the air. That means sensors Kido Butai.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Werb Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 They need to target Mothra with cadmium tipped missiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That KV-2 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Now we can see F-2 targeting gozila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinaruco Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 The real Godzilla, you mean, not that 1998 failure monstrosity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Csr86tsXg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOW-2 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 They'll need it to destroy the Tokyo Bay Bridge. Â /patlabor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I am quite shocked that the Japanese don't already have something comparable to the Sniper Targeting pods already in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I am quite shocked that the Japanese don't already have something comparable to the Sniper Targeting pods already in service. They do, it's the J/AAQ-2. I can't claim to know the difference very well but it's a little older and not as good as the sniper ATP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingCanOpener Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 They'll need it to destroy the Tokyo Bay Bridge.  /patlabor Nice obscure reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj95vezk3sM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanoid Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Second Izumo 'helicopter destroyer' may be named Kaga, after WW2 carrier.   Japan may name second helicopter destroyer after WWII carrierThe possibility that Japan may name its second Izumo-class helicopter destroyer Kaga may start another diplomatic row with China as it was formerly the name of an aircraft carrier that sent planes to bomb Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War, reports China's Global Times.Global Times said countless civilians lost their lives to the bombers taking off from Kaga and other carriers. For this reason, the original Kaga was known more commonly as the "vessel of demons" from the perspective of the Chinese people, the report said, implying it would appear intentionally hurtful to revive the name.The original Kaga, named after an old Japanese province, was one of 20 aircraft carriers Japan lost to American aircraft, warships or submarines over the course of World War II. Some of these vessels had previously been deployed to the eastern China coast in the summer of 1937 to launch aerial bombardments against cities including Shanghai and Nanjing. Before 1937, the carrier had also provided support to Japanese ground troops in the Shanghai Incident of 1932.Kaga would later take part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into the war and was sunk by the US Navy in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.Izumo, the lead ship in the new class of helicopter destroyers, likewise has a controversial predecessor of the same name — a cruiser sent to Shanghai as the command ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Third Fleet to provide artillery support to the Japanese ground forces fighting to capture the city in 1937. Izumo is also the name of an old Japanese province.If Japan really wants to name its second helicopter destroyer Kaga, it must persuade China through diplomatic channels that it is continuing a naval tradition instead of seeking to provoke by poking at old wounds, the Global Times said. The article also noted that Japanese rightwingers have said the country can name its warships whatever it wants and China has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of another nation, echoing China's own go-to defense in any given situation.http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150827000099&cid=1101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_S Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Second Izumo 'helicopter destroyer' may be named Kaga, after WW2 carrier. http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150827000099&cid=1101Â The next USN CVN is still going to be called Enterprise, right? Should make war games a bit more interesting anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanoid Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Especially if Akagi joins as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanoid Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Maybe we'll be lucky to see a USMC F-35B make a practice landing on it, naturally for emergency purposes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanoid Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) And, if anything is not right, the ship will have to be modified, in case another emergency arises. Â Edited August 27, 2015 by urbanoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swerve Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Yeah - two flat-deck 'destroyers' 4 metres longer & 1 metre narrower than the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour, which was designed with F-35B in mind & for which F-35B is on order . . . really, they're destroyers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Well, if they destroy stuff, they are technically destroyers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirophant Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Japan developed and industrialized way before China. 1868 Meiji versus 1982 Gaige Kaifang. That they have aircraft carriers, in 2015, is no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobu Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) The Japanese Navy must be strong enough to tip the balance in any conflict it engages in. Akagi, Musashi, and Yamato are next. Use of such names would have been unthinkable just 25 years ago when Japan was U.S. Public Boogeyman No. 1. Who says the Chinese are not useful? Not Abe Edited August 27, 2015 by Nobu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 The Japanese Navy must be strong enough to tip the balance in any conflict it engages in. Akagi, Musashi, and Yamato are next. Use of such names would have been unthinkable just 25 years ago when Japan was U.S. Public Boogeyman No. 1. Who says the Chinese are not useful? Not Abe  Instead of a bunch of fancy warships, it would be nicer to see JAXA getting maybe a third the budget NASA gets, so $6 billion to NASA's $18 billion. Instead its at a tiny $2 billion. I welcome Japanese strength in the current situation but ultimately it's regrettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Yeah - two flat-deck 'destroyers' 4 metres longer & 1 metre narrower than the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour, which was designed with F-35B in mind & for which F-35B is on order . . . really, they're destroyers!And noticeably bigger than any "true" aircraft carrier Japan has had before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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