AShM doctorine

[Todjaeger]

You mean today? With the Japanese Navy as strong as during the Cold War with ASW as its specialty, against the current Russian Pacific navy? Japan is an island nation. Protection of commerce is a natural focus. Also, the US carriers are probably built into their doctrine, otherwise they would build their own.

Regarding Japan operating carriers. I don't believe they are allowed to, either as part of their Constitution or by treaty, IIRC. From memory they aren't allow to operate vessels larger than destroyers. Though given how vague the definitions are for naval vessels there has been some leeway.

-Cheers

 

[Distiller]

The MacArthur constitution Art.9 only talks about maintaining war potential.
That's why they have an Army, Navy, Air Force. Say they can't make war with this. And the 1960 treaty for mutual coorporation and security talks about basing rights and such, not about specific equipment. And since it's a U.S. imposed constitution it's the U.S. setting the limits. And the U.S. - Japan treaties, like e.g. that about defense cooperation of 1992, talks about Japanese defense capabilities.

So one could argue that the Japanese military is not capable of war, given the fact that they can't really support combat units away from home (amphib capability going down, no air transport). Thus limiting war to offensive war.

Regarding the naval forces, I think their destroyers are classified as escorts. To keep the sealanes open, is the primary mission of the Japanese navy, and ASW and MCM units are the other part. But no written limit of types or tonnages.

 

[Turk]

During the cold war the Russian Ashms are so dangerous but they are still dangerous.