What Air Defense Should Japan Have to Meet the Expansion of Soviet Forces Around Japan.

摘要

The continued Soviet military build-up over the past two decades has created a very unstable situation in the Asian and Pacific region. The Soviet Union strives to turn the Sea of Okhotsk into a sanctuary by improving its military power in the Far East and redeploying its ground and air forces onto the Northern Islands. Japan should improve its air defense system to defend its own airspace, especially the development of anti-cruise missile capability, and should develop the naval and air capacity to protect its sea lanes of communication in conjunction with U.S. forces in the region. Japan should also continue the already announced steady and gradual expansion of the Japanese air self-defense forces, with an emphasis on quality rather than quantity. (EDC)