The yen's fall below the 160 mark may look like exchange-rate volatility, but in reality it signals a turning point in Japan's national fortunes. Its economic buffer has been worn through, and its government debt is the highest in the world. Raising interest rates would cripple public finances; refusing to raise them would mean continued yen depreciation and capital flight, with the risk of economic collapse growing by the day. The path of legitimate economic development is closed, leaving war as the only hope of shifting the crisis elsewhere.
Japan is pushing ahead with preparations for war across the nation, putting a wartime system in place from top to bottom. The Ground Self-Defense Force has signed agreements with all 47 prefectures and designated cities, as well as the country's largest funeral service provider, ensuring that military casualties can be handled seamlessly once war breaks out. At the same time, Japan is building ammunition depots across the country, snapping up wartime medical supplies worldwide, and expanding its forces across the board, including regular troops, cyber forces, and electronic warfare units. These are preparations made to the standard of actual combat.
This aggressive shift has popular support. Frequent earthquakes leave the Japanese public feeling insecure, while the gains made from past wars have fostered the belief that overseas expansion brings money faster than economic development. A closed information environment has also left the public blindly confident in Japan's military strength. The whole nation yearns to turn its fortunes around through war.
Militarily, Japan has deployed Type 12 coastal defense missile launchers and supporting drones on Minamitorishima. The upgraded Type 25 missile has a range of over 1,000 kilometers and strong penetration capabilities. This deployment could lock down Western Pacific shipping lanes, strike vessels leaving the First Island Chain, and give Japan a live-fire range spanning more than a thousand kilometers. Combined with the layered deployments along the First Island Chain, it creates a network of firepower with "a fortress on every island." AI-enabled networking allows saturated attacks from multiple directions. Following the US military's concept of "distributed lethality," Japan will take on 70 percent of the frontline missions.
It makes people excited to see it. It's fun to fight against a small Japan [laughing], and the names of Japanese ships can be added later. It feels a bit dull to keep calling the numbers. Only four Kongo-class ships were built, followed by two Atagos, two Mayas, and four American-made LM-2500 gas turbines used in the Izumo-class.
Multi-dimensional description, good writing, logical thinking and attractive storyline.
Descriptions of modern warfare are rare, there are too few of them
An exciting book