Japanese missile warning radars

In connection with the appearance of ballistic missiles in the DPRK, in the mid-1990s, the Japanese government decided to begin research in the field of a national anti-missile defense system. Practical work on the creation of missile defense started in 1999, after the North Korean Tephodong-1 missile flew over Japan and fell into the Pacific Ocean.

The first step in this direction was the use of existing stationary radars for the detection of ballistic missiles, as well as the additional deployment of the American-made Patriot PAC-2 air defense system. In December 2004, a framework agreement was signed with the United States, according to which an echeloned missile defense system should be created on the territory of the Japanese archipelago.

This is how Japan's missile defense system should function now.

In the 3st century, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces received modernized and new radar missile attack warning systems, Patriot PAC-XNUMX anti-aircraft missile systems with expanded anti-missile capabilities, and in cooperation with the United States, the creation of a naval missile defense component began.

Japanese early warning missile radars

The foundation of any national anti-missile system is the means of detecting and issuing target designation: over-the-horizon and over-the-horizon land-based and sea-based radars, as well as spacecraft equipped with infrared sensors.

Currently, Japan is developing geostationary artificial earth satellites designed to fix the launches of ballistic missiles. The construction of a missile attack warning system based on a network of Japanese and American stationary and mobile radars is close to completion.

The first Japanese radar capable of detecting and steadily tracking ballistic targets was the J / FPS-3. The pilot operation of this type of head radar began in 1995. In 1999, 6 such stations were already on duty.

Radar antenna J / FPS-3 under a radio-transparent dome

A three-coordinate radar of the decimeter range with an active phased antenna array rotating in azimuth is stationary on a concrete base. For protection from wind and precipitation, the antenna post is covered with a plastic radio-transparent dome.

J / FPS-3 radar

All J / FPS-3 radars are built on higher elevations, which allows to increase the detection range. Initially, the J / FPS-3 radar was mainly designed to work on aerodynamic targets, which it can see at a distance of more than 450 km. It is reported that this station managed to fix a real ballistic target at a distance of more than 500 km. The maximum height is 150 km. When working on ballistic missiles, the sector mode of viewing the airspace is used.

The Japanese J / FPS-3 radar was developed to replace the outdated two-coordinate American AN / FPS-20 tube stations and AN / FPS-6 altimeters, and the ballistic missile detection and tracking function began to be used after commissioning. For use in missile defense and to improve operational characteristics, the manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric brought all available radars to the level of J / FPS-3 Kai. The advanced modification is known as the J / FPS-3UG. The J / FPS-3ME radar is offered for export.

In 2009, after modernization, all Japanese J / FPS-3 radars were connected to the JADGE (Japan Aerospace Defense Ground Environment) automated air defense / missile defense system.

Real-time aerodynamic and ballistic target information is transmitted directly over underground fiber optic cables. Upgraded radio relay communication stations built during the Cold War are used as backup.

Taking into account that the J / FPS-3 radars are not optimal for detecting ballistic missiles and, when operating in missile defense mode, they cannot conduct a circular search for air targets, in 1999 the 2nd Department of the Institute of Technical Research and Development of the Ministry of Defense of Japan and an experimental group for development aviation started to create a specialized radar with an increased energy potential.

Research conducted as part of the FPS-XX R&D led to the creation of an experimental radar in 2004. Tests of the prototype from 2004 to 2007 were conducted at a test site located northeast of the city of Asahi, Chiba Prefecture.

The experimental radar was a pseudo-triangular prism, on two sides of which there were antenna sheets of different diameters. The height of the radar is 34 m, the diameter of the large track is 18 m, and the diameter of the small one is 12 m.

Experimental prototype radar J / FPS-5

The large track is for missile tracking, the small track for aircraft. The base of the radar could be rotated in azimuth. Ballistic targets are detected in the frequency range 1-1,5 GHz, aerodynamic targets - 2-3 GHz.

The radar station, put into service under the designation J / FPS-5, has a very unusual design. For the characteristic shape of the radio-transparent vertical dome in Japan, this radar received the nickname "Turtle".

In 2006, the Japanese Cabinet of Ministers approved the allocation of the equivalent of $ 800 million for the construction of four missile warning radars. The first station was commissioned in 2008 on Shimokosiki Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Previously, the J / FPS-2 radar functioned here.

Satellite image of Google Earth: radar J / FPS-5 on the island of Sado

The second station was built on Sado Island (Niigata Prefecture) on the summit of Mount Mikoen at an altitude of 1040 m above sea level. Commissioning took place at the end of 2009.

In 2010, the upgraded station J / FPS-5B was launched, located at the northern tip of the island of Honshu, near the Japanese naval base Ominato.

At the end of 2011, the newest J / FPS-5C radar was put into operation. This station was built in the southern part of Okinawa Island, next to the Naha Air Base.

Satellite image of Google Earth: J / FPS-5C radar in the southern part of the island of Okinawa

There are not many details about the real characteristics of the J / FPS-5 radar in open sources. Although Japanese sources say that the base of the station can be deployed, satellite images show that all the radar beds are constantly oriented in the same directions. Unlike the prototype, serial early warning missile radars have three blades: one for tracking ballistic missiles, the other two are designed to detect aircraft and cruise missiles.

Radar J / FPS-5С under construction

It is stated that several J / FPS-5 radars can operate in parallel in bistatic mode (reception of radiation transmitted by neighboring radars), thereby improving the ability to detect air targets with low radar signature. Thanks to the modular design, multiple duplication and the use of automatic self-diagnostics, it was possible to achieve high reliability of the stations put into operation.

According to the Japanese media, the real detection of the launch from the DPRK of the Gwangmyeongseong-2 missile using the J / FPS-5 radar was first carried out on April 5, 2009. The maximum tracking range was 2100 km. The station detected the launch in time, and based on the data received, the calculated trajectory was determined. Since the North Korean missile was supposed to fly over Japan and fall into the ocean, the anti-missile defense forces were not put on alert. It is reported that with the help of the J / FPS-5 radar, it was possible to track training launches of ballistic missiles from Russian strategic submarines in polar latitudes.

Layout of Japanese missile attack warning radars

Currently, the J / FPS-5 radar is the main Japanese missile attack warning device. The more numerous J / FPS-3 radars, also capable of tracking ballistic missiles, are auxiliary.

Due to the high cost of the J / FPS-5 over-horizon stations and the need to replace the no longer new universal J / FPS-3s, in 2007 the Air Self-Defense Forces command announced a competition for a new radar, in which, at a relatively low price, the advantages of these two were to be combined. radars. In 2011, NEC was announced the winner of the competition. It is reported that the radar, designated J / FPS-7, has three antennas with AFAR, which work separately for aerodynamic and ballistic targets. The cost of building one stationary radar is about $ 100 million. Initially, this radar was not intended to detect ballistic missiles, but after revision it got this opportunity.

Radar antenna J / FPS-7

Construction of the first station began in 2012 on Mashima Island, in the northern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. The launch of the radar took place in 2019. Information about air and ballistic targets is transmitted through large parabolic antennas of radio relay equipment J / FRQ-503. In addition to the stationary J / FPS-7 radar, the J / TPS-102 mobile radar with a cylindrical antenna operates in the area.

Satellite image of Google Earth: communication center on the island of Mashima

The second station J / FPS-7 was built in 2017 in the central part of the island of Okinawa, on the territory of the Nohara radio interception center, from which reconnaissance information is broadcast to the Naha air base. The launch of the J / FPS-7 radar in Okinawa took place at the end of 2019.

Radar J / FPS-7 on the island of Okinoerabujima

Since 2017, on the island of Okinoerabujima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, the construction of the third J / FPS-7 radar has been carried out. Its work in test mode began in the fall of 2020.

In Japan, it is planned to build two more radars J / FPS-7, which are to replace the outdated stationary J / FPS-2 stations. The J / FPS-7 radars are currently in trial operation. Their entry into permanent combat duty is scheduled for 2023.

American-made missile warning radars

In June 2006, the United States and Japan reached an agreement on the deployment of the AN / TPY-2 radar on the Japanese islands. This mobile radar from Raytheon operates in the 8,55-10 GHz frequency range. The AN / TPY-2 radar, designed to detect tactical and operational-tactical ballistic missiles, track and guide interceptor missiles at them, is part of the THAAD anti-missile system (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense - a mobile anti-missile system for high-altitude transatmospheric interception), but can be used separately if necessary.

Radar AN / TPY-2

The AN / TPY-2 radar can be transported by air and sea transport, as well as in towed form on public roads. With a detection range of 1000 km warheads and a 10–60 ° scanning angle, this station has good resolution sufficient to distinguish a target against the background of debris of previously destroyed missiles and detached stages.

The first American AN / TPY-2 radar was deployed in a designated area near the US Army communications center in the vicinity of the village of Shariki (Aomori Prefecture) in October 2006. There are also two Japanese batteries of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense missile system in this area.

A second radar was commissioned in 2014 at a newly built base near the Kyogamisaki Air Defense Forces radar post west of Kyotango in Kyoto Prefecture.

According to information published in the Japanese media, the radar at the Shariki facility is not on constant duty and is activated only upon receipt of intelligence information about the preparation of missile launches in the DPRK.

Satellite image of Google Earth: the area allocated to the US Armed Forces in the vicinity of the Kyogamisaki Air Defense Forces radar post

For the American AN / TPY-2 radar, deployed in Kyogamisaki, a radio-transparent dome was built to protect against adverse meteorological factors.

The radar, deployed in Shariki, serves the personnel of the 10th Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery of the US Army, the facility in Kyogamisaki is controlled by the 14th Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery. The total number of both units is a little over 100 people. The 10th and 14th batteries are part of the 38th Air Defense Brigade, which is led by the 94th Air and Missile Defense Army headquarters at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Viewing areas of the AN / TPY-2 radar deployed in Japan and South Korea

The AN / TPY-2 radars, which are under the control of the US military, deployed in Japan and the Republic of Korea, provide control of North Korean missile launches, scan part of the PRC territory and capture the southern regions of Russian Primorye.

In connection with the emergence of information about the construction in North Korea of ​​submarines capable of carrying ballistic missiles, the Japanese leadership is considering the option of placing another AN / TPY-2 radar on the island of Okinawa.

Viewing areas of the AN / TPY-2 radar, in the case of deploying an additional station in Okinawa

Japan is actively pushing the United States to do this, fearing surprise nuclear missile attacks on the Kadena airbase located in Okinawa, which is a key factor in the American military presence in the region.

In 2017, information appeared about Japan's intention to build a radar station designed to track "space debris". This radar was supposed to be located on the territory of one of the facilities of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in the western prefecture of Yamaguchi. It is stated that the main task of this radar will be to obtain operational information about the movement of debris near Japanese satellites in order to correct their orbit in the event of an immediate threat of collision. The Japanese Defense Ministry has requested the equivalent of $ 38 million for research purposes.

In 2018, it became known that Japan intends to acquire two AN / SPY-7 (V) long-range over-the-horizon radars. During development, this Lockheed Martin station was known as LRDR (Long Range Discrimination Radar). The AN / SPY-6 radar proposed by Raytheon also participated in the competition. The launch of the first Japanese radar AN / SPY-7 (V) is scheduled for 2025.

It is a modular station with gallium nitride solid-state cells, with an active electron scanning grating. The antenna consists of individual solid-state blocks that can be combined to increase the size of the radar. It is stated that AN / SPY-7 (V) operates in the frequency range 3-4 GHz and is twice as wide as the AN / SPY-1 radar.

Radar AN / SPY-7 (V)

According to a Lockheed Martin spokesman, the Japanese company Fujitsu participated in the development of the AN / SPY-7 (V) radar. The cost of deploying a similar missile defense station in Alaska exceeded $ 780 million. Due to the participation of Japanese firms in the construction of radars and the use of components of their own production, the command of the Air Defense Forces intends to significantly reduce the cost of the radar life cycle.

The AN / SPY-7 (V) radars are part of the Aegis Ballistic ground-based missile defense system, which, according to Japanese officials, could be deployed to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles.

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Comments

[Cypyk]

Japan is arming itself at a rate. We have already created a 5th generation fighter. They have aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, launch rockets into space.

This is already a tough nut to crack.

But the US is preventing them from building their own nuclear warhead. Otherwise, they will kick out the USA ...

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: Cypyk

This is already a tough nut to crack.

Yeah. In my opinion, something is planned in the Far East in the near future. The United States, China and Japan are an explosive mixture, given the Japanese grievances against China and Russia. I think at the beginning of a grandiose nix Russia will be drawn in anyway.
PS Sergey many thanks for the article. As always, everything has been worked out in detail.

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Ingvar 72

The United States, China and Japan are an explosive mixture, given the Japanese grievances against China and Russia.

In fact, if we are looking for old grievances, then the Japanese are unlikely to be the first thing that comes to mind.

Read about the Aigun Treaty of 1858 and the Beijing Treaty (Treaty) of 1860.

The agreements on the results of the opium wars with the rest of the countries - Britain, France, Germany, the United States - have long been revised, territorial changes have been canceled. Not with Russia yet.

I just keep it up to date.

[Bongo]

Quote: Cypyk

But the US is preventing them from building their own nuclear warhead. Otherwise, they will kick out the USA ...

Why does Japan need nuclear weapons while they are under the "roof" of the United States? If necessary, the Japanese industry can create a ready-to-use product in less than a year.

[Vadim237]

For a year, it will not be able to create anything for this, decades of work are needed and huge funds from the United States of work on the modernization of the W88 warhead took 11 years, and here Japan, which has never been engaged in nuclear weapons on a practical level, will create in a year - isn't that funny?

[onstar9]

Quote: Vadim237

For a year, it will not be able to create anything for this, decades of work are needed and huge funds from the United States of work on the modernization of the W88 warhead took 11 years, and here Japan, which has never been engaged in nuclear weapons on a practical level, will create in a year - isn't that funny?

Not true. They have all the technologies. They themselves created nuclear reactors, and this is the same thing. It has long been known that Germany and Japan are in a month to build an atomic bomb if they need it. Another thing is that they themselves do not want this.

[Vadim237]

"They have all the technology." I'm not talking about technology, but about the production chain of nuclear weapons, I say that it takes at least ten years to create it and huge costs - if there is work only in the form of computer modeling.

[zyablik.olga]

Quote: Vadim237

"They have all the technology." I'm not talking about technology, but about the production chain of nuclear weapons, I say that it takes at least ten years to create it and huge costs - if there is work only in the form of computer modeling.

Japan has everything you need to create nuclear weapons; scientific and industrial base, trained personnel, raw materials (plutonium in spent nuclear fuel). It's ridiculous to talk about costs, impoverished North Korea has created nuclear weapons, but Japan won't be able to?

[Sergeantpro]

Quote: zyablik.olga

Japan has everything you need to create nuclear weapons; scientific and industrial base, trained personnel, raw materials (plutonium in spent nuclear fuel)

After the words about obtaining weapons-grade plutonium from spent nuclear fuel, you can not read further comments.

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Vadim237

it takes decades of work and huge funds

Let me remind you that the USSR, at a slightly different level of technology, riveted a bomb in 4 years. Americans for 6. The Japanese have long had reactors and rockets. And not just eat, but are independently developed and produced.

[Vadim237]

Let me remind you that the USSR, at a slightly different level of technology, riveted a bomb in 4 years. Americans for 6. And it cost all the huge resources and funds of the USSR, it was not created from scratch, but used the developments of the United States, but the creation of the production of all the elements of the bomb over this the USSR almost overstrained economically. "The Japanese have had reactors and rockets for a long time." So what? And not just eat, but are independently developed and produced. I tell you about the production of nuclear weapons - you tell me about the production of nuclear reactors - what first-class nuclear scientists they are the whole world saw when eliminating the consequences at Fukushima.

[zyablik.olga]

Quote: Vadim237

You tell me about the production of nuclear reactors - what first-class nuclear scientists they are the whole world saw when eliminating the consequences at Fukushima.

At least you wouldn't be a disgrace.
The Fukushima-1 NPP operated General Electric reactors designed in the early 1960s and commissioned in 1971. Although these first generation reactors are very imperfect, the accident happened for reasons not related to their design. "Japanese nuclear scientists" have nothing to do with it.

[NIKN]

Sergey, as always, is a plus. I could not copy the picture on my smartphone, only the signature

This is how Japan's missile defense system should function now.

How can an anti-missile missile reach a ballistic missile at the top of its trajectory? No, I understand that the article is not about anti-missiles, but the drawing is very optimistic :) I wanted to dream up (sorry ). in my opinion, the first blow (if it really is needed) will be delivered at key points and specifically at the pro. And there that is more prerogative. And it will be applied apparently (well, according to today's fashion) with a personic weapon
You can fantasize further ... But today all this is aimed at warning the United States about a missile strike, for the Japanese, this is only a signal for civil defense, for sending SMS to citizens to take refuge in the nearest bomb shelter. Forgive me, but this is so, even in the confrontation with the DPRK.

[Bongo]

Quote: NIKNN

How can an anti-missile missile reach a ballistic missile at the top of its trajectory? No, I understand that the article is not about interceptor missiles, but the drawing is very optimistic :)

Nikolay, hello! This picture is valid for OTR and MRBM, when they are launched from the territory of the DPRK, and when using sea-based interceptor missiles "Standard-3". More details on this will be discussed in the next final publication of the series devoted to the air defense / missile defense of Japan.

Quote: NIKNN

in my opinion, the first blow (if it really is necessary) will be delivered at key points and specifically at the pro. And what is more prerogative there. And it will be applied apparently (well, according to today's fashion) with a personic weapon
You can fantasize further ... But today all this is aimed at warning the United States about a missile strike, for the Japanese, this is only a signal for civil defense, for sending SMS to citizens to take refuge in the nearest bomb shelter. Forgive me, but this is so, even in the confrontation with the DPRK.

Nikolay, do you forget that the accuracy of North Korean missiles is not high; when using conventional warheads, it is impossible to hit point targets with them. The number of nuclear warheads in the DPRK is very limited. I have no data on their mass-dimensional characteristics, but I dare to assume that most of them are suitable only for use as ground-based nuclear bombs. What you write is true for Chinese or Russian missiles, but such a scenario is possible only in a global nuclear war, in which Japanese air defense / missile defense will no longer play any role.

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Sergey, thank you for continuing the cycle!
I read it with pleasure, Vlad!

[The leader of the Redskins]

Linnik in the morning is great!)))

[Alien From]

I join you! Well written, it's clear what's what! Have a nice day off everyone

[Bongo]

Guys, thanks for the kind words!
I am currently working on an article on Japan's missile defense. And on this the protracted cycle about the Japanese air defense will end.

[Cherry Nine]

We do not mind at all when exactly your cycles "drag on". So don't hold back your inspiration, I assure you.

[Bongo]

Quote: Cherry Nine

We do not mind at all when exactly your cycles "drag on". So don't hold back your inspiration, I assure you.

Duc, almost no one reads my writings. For the site, a complete loss.

[Cherry Nine]

Almost nobody? Each article in this cycle has 10-50 thousand reads. Everyone has their own "almost", you know.

[Bongo]

Quote: Cherry Nine

Almost nobody? Each article in this cycle has 10-50 thousand reads. Everyone has their own "almost", you know.

You flatter me very much. Only the parts devoted to WWII Japanese fighters had a good number of views in this series. Few people are interested in more topical (in terms of time) topics. Moreover, they contradict the official propaganda and break the illusions of the "urya-patriots".

[dzvero]

Your articles are an excellent indicator of who visits VO and why.
By the way, absence censored glow in the comments - an indicator of the elaboration of the material. Indeed, in order to argue on the merits, you must at least understand the matter at least at your level. And to breed censored passion - the topic is not the right one because the trolls do not have enough knowledge, and the cleverness does not work for them ..

[Cherry Nine]

I go to your profile and see the number of views. 10 thousand and above for the articles of the cycle. By WWII - 40-50. Are they lying to me?

[zyablik.olga]

Quote: Cherry Nine

I go to your profile and see the number of views. 10 thousand and above for the articles of the cycle. By WWII - 40-50. Are they lying to me?

You and Seryozha apparently do not understand each other. He says that only the WWII parts got a relatively large number of views. The rest is interesting to a narrow circle of connoisseurs.

[Alien From]

The main thing is that the suit is sitting) write, inspiration to you

[stoqn477]

Quote: Cypyk

But the US is preventing them from building their own nuclear warhead. Otherwise, they will kick out the USA ...

I believe that even if Japan and Germany need it, they will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons for political reasons.

[Cherry Nine]

Pakistanis were "allowed", but the 3rd and 4th industries of the world will not be "allowed"?

Oh well.

[Doccor18]

The Pakistanis did not fight with the United States, they were not going to crush the world for themselves ...
What if they get together again? Not? Is there a 100% guarantee?

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Doccor18

The Pakistanis did not fight with the United States, they were not going to crush the world for themselves ...

In whose basement Bin Laden was caught, we remember, no?

[Liam]

Quote: Cherry Nine

In whose basement Bin Laden was caught, we remember, no?

Pakistan is a poor country, with a shattered social and political system and on the verge of gaining power by outright radicals ... a monkey with a nuclear grenade

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Liam

monkey with a nuclear grenade

Yeah. The period of the unipolar world and the Pax Americana showed those who doubted what the State Department was really worth. "They did not allow" the atomic bombs of South Africa, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and "allowed" Pakistan and the DPRK. That is, they “didn’t allow” those who didn’t want and “allowed” everyone who wanted to.

And these are the same Anglo-Saxons who, as we know, still tormented Ivan the Terrible. Which as much as a whole Hitler not so long ago found in the trash, washed, cleaned of cleanings, just to annoy the Russians. And then Gorbachev was thrown with a parachute.

[Doccor18]

Quote: Cherry Nine

In whose basement was bin Laden caught?

And who "nourished" him and his organization, have you not forgotten?

[Cherry Nine]

You never know who fed whom. In 1998, you "allowed" such smart people to have an atomic bomb - this, let me remind you, was a unipolar world, the only superpower - and Germany, the leader of the European Union, may not be "allowed" - now, in a much more complicated international situation.

[Doccor18]

Quote: Cherry Nine

Germany, the leader of the European Union, may not be "allowed" - now, in a much more complicated international situation.

Germany is under a dense veil of democrats, like Japan. They control them. Why give vassals the strongest weapon?
Against the PRC? It is still early, the dragon is not so terrible that they will give away nuclear bombs to everyone.
Pakistan created these weapons (and not without the help of the Chinese) to confront India (which possessed them) and often converged in local border conflicts. The United States, by the way, was not happy with the Pakistani nuclear breakthrough, even "its favorite" sanctions were imposed ...

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Doccor18

They control them

Who controls the Germans and Japanese? The Americans are now figuring out who their president is, I keep in touch. Joe is an impostor along the way, but it is impossible to recall him.

[Doccor18]

Quote: Cherry Nine

Who controls the Germans and Japanese?

Americans. For 75 years ...

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Doccor18

Americans. For 75 years ...

[Doccor18]

Quote: Cherry Nine

The Americans are now figuring out who their president is ...

Yes, unlike the USSR / Russia, American policy does not change much from the new president, little depends on his personality, by the way, Biden is a confirmation of this. The words are different, but the activities are in the same vein ...

[Cherry Nine]

World government? Oh well.

[Bongo]

Quote: Doccor18

The Pakistanis did not fight with the United States, they were not going to crush the world for themselves ...
What if they get together again? Not? Is there a 100% guarantee?

In order for the Japanese leadership to decide on the creation of its own nuclear weapons, the United States must fall very militarily. At present, it is precisely the strong allied relations with the United States that make an attack on Japan impossible, and, accordingly, there is no need for Japanese nuclear weapons. I do not believe that Japan will try to "crush the world". Times have changed, and in place with them the mentality and standard of living of the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun. But a local conflict with neighbors over territories is quite possible.

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Bongo

US nuclear weapons should fall very strongly militarily.

Not necessarily.

This is hardly obvious to Samsonov's readers, but the United States has, to put it mildly, an inconsistent foreign policy. So if the Japanese see that the States are merging - for example, they have set up a new Yalta with Comrade Xi, surrendered the same Taiwan - then you want it or not, a vigorous loaf, but you will have to.

[Toucan]

if the Japanese see that the States are merging - for example, they have arranged a new Yalta with comrade Xi, surrendered the same Taiwan - then you want it or not a vigorous loaf, but you will have to want it.

Judging by the author's previous publication, the United States views Japan as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" and a bridgehead against Russia, China and North Korea. It is unlikely that the Americans will withdraw their bases from Japan in the foreseeable future. With regard to Taiwan, it is controversial.

[Cherry Nine]

Quote: Tucan

Judging by the author's previous publication, the United States views Japan as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" and a bridgehead against Russia, China and North Korea.

This is how they see it now. Tomorrow, the same Japan may find itself in the position of South Vietnam. See what is happening to American friends in Afghanistan right now.

So hope for the American God, but don't do it yourself.

[Doccor18]

Thank you, Sergey, for another serious and thoughtful article. With pleasure, I learned something new for myself.

The cost of deploying a similar missile defense station in Alaska exceeded $ 780 million.

Only serious price tags from Lockheed can limit the number of these radars. Which is not bad for us, because all these "PRO-preparations" against the DPRK are the same as in Poland and Romania against Iran ...

[Bongo]

Quote: Doccor18

Thank you, Sergey, for another serious and thoughtful article. With pleasure, I learned something new for myself.

Hello! Glad you liked it!

Quote: Doccor18

Only serious price tags from Lockheed can limit the number of these radars.

Quote: Doccor18

Only serious price tags from Lockheed can limit the number of these radars.

There are plans to build two such stations in Japan. Unfortunately, the price tags do not scare Japan. Take a look at their fleet.

[tralflot1832]

But from the rear to plant in Japan, from the Pacific Ocean? Eunwoo not how? Well, at least in principle, how much Japanese money would have flown into the pipe.

[Bongo]

Quote: tralflot1832

But from the rear to plant in Japan, from the Pacific Ocean? Eunwoo not how? Well, at least in principle, how much Japanese money would have flown into the pipe.

What will become of the DPRK after that? In the event of such an "ambush", the south of the Russian coastal area may also get caught.

[tralflot1832]

And why nuclear weapons, or will we wait for who will start first? If they make the system 100% intercept in the distant future, they will start without hesitation! It's just that they have a hole from the Pacific Ocean now.

[Bongo]

Quote: tralflot1832

And what are nuclear weapons for, or will we wait for who will start first? If they make the system 100% intercept in the distant future, they will start without hesitation!

Excuse me, what is your military registration specialty?

[tralflot1832]

Radio operator ZAS.R / S 400 GSVG 81 83 The division had a certain number of Pioneers.

[Bongo]

Quote: tralflot1832

Radio operator ZAS.

R-140M with T-217M "Elbrus" equipment?
Okay, so by the way ...

As far as I understand, you served as an urgent, and did not participate in the command post at least at the army level. If you believe "zomboyaschiku", then "we are stronger than ever."
In fact, our defensive capabilities in the Far East have sagged significantly compared to Soviet times. Even with very powerful armed forces, the USSR did not seek confrontation with Japan and the United States.

It may be useful for you to read the previous parts of the series devoted to the American air defense forces in Japan, Japanese radars, air defense systems and fighters, as well as the contractual relationship between Japan and the United States. Any blow to Japan will automatically mean a blow to the United States. Do we need it?

Although I am no longer young, two of my three children are underage, and living in the Far East, the last thing I wanted was to be touched by the war. We do not need to prepare for an attack on neighboring countries, but develop the economy, create acceptable living conditions for the Far East.

[tralflot1832]

A little about the exercises. If the division was involved in the KSHU as part of the army. There were three maps. One exercise map. And two maps of defense and offensive that I saw. And what the division commander has in the safe, according to a certain signal, only God knows. what was left of us would be on the border with Poland, after a certain number of days. So for all the will of God, no one will ask us. Until everything was neglected by the human factor, what is at sea, what is on land and what is in the air.

[Bongo]

Quote: tralflot1832

A little about the exercises. If the division was involved in the KSHU as part of the army. There were three maps. One exercise map. And two maps of defense and offensive that I saw. And what the division commander has in the safe, according to a certain signal, only God knows. what was left of us would be on the border with Poland, after a certain number of days.

We are not talking about plans, but about the scenario and the balance of power. Even in Soviet times, in the Far East, we prepared mainly for defense.

[tralflot1832]

As for the GSVG, I can say that after a week of offensive we would definitely not be on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and very far from it.

[Bongo]

Quote: tralflot1832

As for the GSVG, I can say that after a week of offensive we would definitely not be on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and very far from it.

I do not presume to judge this. But I have an idea of ​​what the Soviet air defense system was in the Far East.

[Alexey Stepanov]

Thanks to the author for a great article.
And then recently on VO the dominance of propaganda husk, there is nothing to read.

[Pechkin]

It is always interesting to read articles whose author understands what he is writing about. In principle, Bongo's articles are always of high quality.

[onstar9]

Quote: Cherry Nine

Yeah. The period of the unipolar world and the Pax Americana showed those who doubted what the State Department was really worth. "They did not allow" the atomic bombs of South Africa, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and "allowed" Pakistan and the DPRK. That is, they “didn’t allow” those who didn’t want and “allowed” everyone who wanted to.

Well, the DPRK was given nuclear technology by the USSR, not America. And China and India too. Dal when he planned to make "communist countries" there. America then gave nuclear weapons to Pakistan as a counterbalance to India, when India already had them. So the first "hotbed" of this devilish rubbish was just the Soviet Union, not America.

[Bongo]

Quote: onstar9

Well, the DPRK was given nuclear technology by the USSR, not America. And China and India too.

The Soviet Union did not give direct nuclear technology. A lot of Chinese and North Korean specialists studied with us, we provided very significant support in the development of industry and laboratory facilities. But otherwise, North Korea and China got it all by themselves. India relied mainly on Western technology.

[Cherry Nine]

This is not an argument. Nuclear weapons both there and there arose precisely during the period of the unipolar world.

[zyablik.olga]

Quote: Cherry Nine

This is not an argument. Nuclear weapons both there and there arose precisely during the period of the unipolar world.

I gave you a "+" for persistence.
Seryozha had a good cycle "Nuclear Age", you can find it in his profile.
The first nuclear test in the PRC took place in 1964, and the first test of a thermonuclear charge in 1967.
India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974.
Frankly speaking, I did not know that more than 40 years ago there was a "unipolar world".

[Cherry Nine]

First, China and India, South Africa, Israel, France, Britain are not Pakistan with North Korea. Second, two superpowers are not at all the same as one superpower. So the question of how the last two countries received nuclear weapons is fundamentally different from the questions on the Cold War.

[Oleg Olkha]

Once the Indian censorship "pierced" (?) In the officialdom of the ruling party ... Updated: Mar 06, 2017 22:13 IST
Hindustan Times
"... Israel is now one of the three largest suppliers of arms and weapons to India, a major source of assistance in the country's counterterrorism programs and, uniquely in the world, a partner in the development of India's nuclear arsenal ..." ... Israel is currently one of the three largest suppliers of arms and armaments to India, the main source of assistance in the country's counter-terrorism programs and a unique partner in the world in the development of India's nuclear arsenal.

[Sergeantpro]

Quote: Cherry Nine

Quote: Doccor18

Americans. For 75 years ...

Can you remind me why you haven't extended the second branch? After all, they tried so hard ...

[Sergeantpro]

Quote: zyablik.olga

Quote: Vadim237

You tell me about the production of nuclear reactors - what first-class nuclear scientists they are the whole world saw when eliminating the consequences at Fukushima.

At least you wouldn't be a disgrace.
The Fukushima-1 NPP operated General Electric reactors designed in the early 1960s and commissioned in 1971. Although these first generation reactors are very imperfect, the accident happened for reasons not related to their design. "Japanese nuclear scientists" have nothing to do with it.

The problem is not in the reactors, but in the design of the plant itself and systemic errors during construction.