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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Sangetsu-
On a side not.... have you heard of the DongFeng 21D? Its China's new anti-ship missile that is undergoing tests at the moment. Its dubbed "the carrier buster" and could be a real game changer. I mean with the threat of US carriers nullified, I dont know how the US could hope to project its power.
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Try looking up what the US has been upto over the last decade that makes China's anti-ship missile look like a harpoon. Also striking a carrier is not as easy as it sounds its not like the carrier is out at sea by itself there are countermeasures already in place. The US knew that someone eventually would develop this type of missile. You know the US does not show its hand and hardly ever shows the full extent of the military might it possess. Its like a game of poker keep your poker face on keep your card hidden and make the other guy blink first.
Anyway though i think this thread is pretty pointless because these kind threads never truly go anywhere and usually turn into a flame war. I will say that Japan and the US's partnership will not change anytime soon if it does it will not be in our lifetime. We can speculate all we want but in honesty there is no one here that is qualified to make any type of educated guess to the matter.
I see the OP is saying though very naive the OP bought real points i dont agree with all them but trying to think outside the box is admirable. chiuchimu However you are missing several points that numerous people have tried to tell you "Japan does not want it own military" "it does not want to spend trillions of yen a year to maintain it". This is more than just give Japan more respect. If Japan wants a military they need to change their "pacifist Constitution" to do so. You make it sound like its so easy for them to do so when an over whelming number of Japanese do not want it.