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Originally Posted by nebula82
Would it be accurate to label the JMSDF as Asia’s most modern navy?
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Very much so. Technologically, the JMSDF is far and away the most advanced navy in Asian and the Pacific nations. Only India can compete and that's mostly because of her naval aviation assets.
The Japanese are deliberately sandbagged by their constitution and the results of World War II.
Otherwise you'd see cruise missiles and larger aviation ships than they ones they're building, that sort of offensive firepower dripping with high technology.
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Originally Posted by nebula82
Haven’t the PLAN made considerable strides in recent years?
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Sure, but you're still talking about a brown-water centered navy with a handful of modern PLAN warships leading a huge pack of antiquated Soviet designed and/or built scrap heaps.