Sirosky@lemm.eetoWorld News@lemmy.world•Japan’s defense ministry requests nearly 12% budget increase to bolster military’s strike capabilityEnglish
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1 year agoThey probably won’t for a while. They do, however, have helicopter destroyers that coincidentally support F-35 operations. However, please keep in mind that this isn’t a carrier, but rather a helicopter destroyer. We may also expect to see helicopter cruisers in the future, but that’s TBD.
/s if that wasn’t obvious, they already very much have carriers even if they aren’t exactly Nimitz-class carriers.
Dang I’ve been manually updating this entire time… auto updates sounds appealing ngl