So how long more before artists realise she can't use F35s
As soon as Japan gets some and doesn't use them on the Izumos. But until they get them and assign them, the artists (and Chinese) will assume they are going to be carrier planes.
As soon as Japan gets some and doesn't use them on the Izumos. But until they get them and assign them, the artists (and Chinese) will assume they are going to be carrier planes.
Since Japan and China are neighbours, how important is aircraft carriers if they are to have any conflict ? Can't they just send airplanes from land base to each others ?
Since Japan and China are neighbours, how important is aircraft carriers if they are to have any conflict ? Can't they just send airplanes from land base to each others ?
As soon as Japan gets some and doesn't use them on the Izumos. But until they get them and assign them, the artists (and Chinese) will assume they are going to be carrier planes.
If Abe ever put F-35s on the Izumos, then the Japanese people would be singing March of the Volunteers (the national anthem of the PRC) within a year.
(For those who don't get what I'm on about: China would freak out and invade Japan, seeing Japan's ability to project their firepower as an act of remilitarisation.)