China's growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as th...
TOKYO - China’s growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat to Japan, Tokyo’s annual defense review indicated on Thursday, despite signs that Pyongyang could have nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.
Japan has raised defense spending by a tenth over the past seven years to counter military advances by Beijing and Pyongyang, including defenses against North Korean missiles which may carry nuclear warheads, the paper said. In its latest budget request, Japan’s military asked for 115.6 billion yen to buy nine Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters, including six short take-off and vertical landing variants to operate from converted helicopter carriers.
Once largely confined to operating close to the Chinese coast, Beijing now routinely sends its air and sea patrols near Japan’s western Okinawa islands and into the Western Pacific.
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