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Sunday, October 27, 2024 marked the 70th Anniversary of the theatrical premiere of Gojira or Godzilla in Nagoya, Japan on October 27, 1954.

Has anyone by any chance come across photos of this project, intended for mountain warfare units? Initially known as the Type 56 Trial Special Transport Vehicle, the first two prototypes, the RZ-1 and the SZ-2, were wheeled and tracked respectively, with four more wheeled prototypes being...

Hi all, I've seen a couple passing mentions of a supposed JMSDF destroyer design from the direct postwar period. This design, called "UD-2", was apparently a 3100t design with 3x2 10cm/65 and 2x5 533mm torpedo launchers. The primary documentation about this design is meant to be at the Yamato...

While looking for a new armor model kit I found a NBC variant of the JGSDF Type 82 command vehicle that had what the box termed as a "anti-neutron shield". Curious, I then found other images from the early 2000s of it on the vehicle. I'm curious if anyone has any further information on the how's...

I am just trying to compile all domestic Japanese UAV programs in one place. Maybe I will add a bit more info on each as time goes on. I know for a fact I'm missing a lot of the early cold war programs, so any help there would be appreciated. FUJI/SUBARU Fuji-Vigilant 5000...

Here's a consolidation of the information I've found so far. Komatsu B78 IFV Built by Komatsu, the JSDF in the late ’70s started a project to design an Infantry Fighting Vehicle that would aid troops in the field while also providing armored fire support. Mitsubishi and Komatsu both built...

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20221209-OYT1T50038/ Yomiuri Shinbun reported that there's a major shift of JSDF force mix incoming. This is following a major increase in defense spending by the Japanese. In short, they will replace a major share of their manned aerial assets in favor of...

Some quick background on this, in particular the ICV, via an old post in another thread (note that the info on the Type 16 MCV procurement & deployment may be out of date, there seems to be still some momentum within the MOD/JGSDF on replacing proper tanks on active duty with MCVs according to...

ORIGINAL CAPTION: An illustration of a small attack drone (Provided by Defense Ministry) Defense Ministry is asking for attack drones in 2023 budget (The Asahi Shimbun)

Originally acquired by Australia under Project Land 121 Phase 4 – Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) or PMV-L, the Thales Hawkei is/was a competitor to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Program. Over 1000 have been ordered by the Australian Army and it is in consideration by others such...

"Patlabor 2" featured two improved F-15 and F-16 variants designed by Shōji Kawamori. Recently HMA Garage released 1/144 models kits of those designs along with detailed artworks. Links provided are from model kits webstores that show materials from HMA but not available on their site. F-15...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) 22DDH helicopter destroyer. Source: http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.com/2010/06/22ddh-japans-next-helicopter-carrier.html http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/6-62389.aspx http://oursogo.com/thread-1155047-1-1.html

Videos created for Self-Defense Forces and New Generation Weapons Perfect Book DVD depicting a conjectural Japan Self-Defense Force in the year 2035 and a conjectural Sino-Japanese War. http://youtu.be/OwXDPxzeVfU http://youtu.be/ku112uQbhqs

Hi all: one of the worst problem getting older is memory. Probably I said that before but... I don't remember... During the Seventies I saw a publication (perhaps a Japanes "AiReview" or "Koku-Fan" but could be also an European one) dealing with Japanese Self-Defense Air Force fighters with...

This is supposedly a joint Japan/US project using the Independence class as a starting point, although it seems to me to have inherited some features from at least one MSDF related project of the late '80s/early 90s. First of class to enter service in 2018, which would suggest that it's to be...

This was a program, possibly inspired by the B-1C and related proposals, to procure a number of P-3C based variants equipped with the AWG-9 Radar and the Phoenix missile (likely the AIM-54C ECCM/Sealed version), for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The program began as a TRDI program in...

[IMAGE CREDIT: MoD (Japan)/TRDI] The new name seems to have been adopted sometime later on in 2011, as can be seen in this TRDI pamphlet (page 8 [pdf pg 9]).

A new JSDF mini-UAV, officially called the 'Spherical Flight Vehicle': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h7dPgzMgf0&feature=player_embedded At this stage of it's development, it may be more precise to refer to it as a RPV. From one of the first sites to break the news on the web after the...

Djibouti base 'in natl interests' Hajime Furukawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Located in Djibouti, the Self-Defense Forces' first full-fledged overseas base is expected to allow the SDF to contribute more to the international community through peacekeeping operations and humanitarian...

Here's a bit of light relief, courtesy of JAPAN SECURITY WATCH, but it is also an interesting snapshot of the various SDFs as they existed (as the Coastal Safety Force in the case of the MSDF) in 1954, prior to the passage of that year's Self-Defense Forces Law...