Japan to hike annual defence budget by a quarter to buy Tomahawks and other weapons

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Japan on Friday said it will hike defence spending by more than a quarter next year including $1.6 billion to buy U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles that will be part of its biggest military build-up since World War Two.

TOKYO, Dec 23 - Japan on Friday said it will hike defence spending by more than a quarter next year including $1.6 billion to buy U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles that will be part of itsThe 26.3% increase to a record 6.82 trillion yen for the year starting April 1 will allow Japan to more than triple spending on munitions it wants to deter regional rivals China and North Korea as Russia's attack on Ukraine spurs regional tensions.

, Tomahawks will give it the ability to strike targets more than 1,000 kilometres away, including in China. Japan, which relinquished its right to wage war after its defeat in World War Two, plans to double defence outlays to 2% of gross domestic product within five years. That will make it the world's third-biggest military spender after the United States and China, based on current levels.

 

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for Japan, Japan should to Make Aircraft Carrier with India...

Thanks to neighboring countries. Japan is getting stronger. Increasing Japanese tactics

Maybe we could send them a couple trillion?

Nice let's use those submarines to kill more tuna for sashimi 🤣

It's hard being a pacifist when your neighbors are murderers.

China is finished

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