Japan has an indigenous military industrial base that carried over from World War 2. The only restrictions they have is that they can't export their military products, so any equipment produced are for JSDF use.
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Japan's first domestic stealth fighter
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Japan has an indigenous military industrial base that carried over from World War 2. The only restrictions they have is that they can't export their military products, so any equipment produced are for JSDF use.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Uh no. Japan has one of the highest military budgets in the world (since it also has one of the biggest economies in the world) and is the 20th largest by number of active personnel (250,000 approx). It builds most of its own ships and ground vehicles as well as a large number of aircraft and small arms, either native designs or foreign designs built locally under license. The last 3 generations of tanks have been designed and built by Mitsubishi. The majority of all of Japan's military equipment is locally supplied.
The United States does maintain bases on Japanese soil but by number of personnel, they are dwarfed by the JSDF forces. The naval basing is important, but the number of American ground troops and aircraft is small.
Angelus Errare
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Doesn't get you hyped enough to fly through the air
Slammin_Hammon
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I think that in order to compete with putting anime ladies on stuff the U.S. needs to put John Wayne, cheeseburger, and Chuck Norris decals on the sides of our military hardware.
juicyfruitas
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Japan got rid of that law last year and now they're in a bidding war (against Germany and France) for an upwards of $50 billion contract to supply Australia's navy with their next generation of submarines.
(hint - Japan's domestically produced stealth diesel subs are considered best in class)
super-famicom
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THRUST VECTORING OWNS THE SKY
Northeastmonk
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You would think with how fast technology is on the rise that a jet like that would cost less. Granted you need to know what you're doing and cheap parts mean you're fighting in a cheaply designed aircraft. I've always wondered why they cost so much. No wonder the US is focusing more on our space program. It seems like everyone could do this for less.
MutonCommander
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I bet it's fully capable of that.
strangedopamine
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It's sort of already in Ace Combat so it'll probably be in 7 as well! It's a fictional design based on the the X-2 called the ATD-0 which is in Ace Combat Infinity. They're doing an event next week where you can get a special version of the ATD-0 with the X-2 livery in the photo in the OP.
Project Aces put up the drawings of the ATD-0 a few days ago to celebrate the announcement of the X-2 here.
There's even a bright yellow one piloted by a chick because why not!
Manifest Destiny
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Look like something we made back in the 60's
SomedayTheFire
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i don't know but i find that paint job hilarious
BattleMonkey
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Haven't there been pics of this fighter already leaked before in a standard aircraft gray? Looked alot better and less retro/toy looking with actual military paint scheme
Woody Invincible
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This is amazing.
Well the only reason it didn't make much sense to me is that they're only for use in Japan unless military strategy changes there.
Abe is trying to change the constitution so they fight outside of Japan, it will probably pass.
Yeah, there've been a few mockups floating around. I think this a good example of what it'll probably look like.
I've read that Japan has a tendency to make their equipment less aggressive-looking in public expos. Something to do with them still being on the fence culturally about their pacifism making people uncomfortable. Those pics of the anime helicopters is another such example, that's obviously not how they would look in an active deployment but more like a way to give them a humanising touch.
Woody Invincible
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Can you imagine their waifu crafts next to ours in a joint coalition? Can't wait to see that on CNN.
Reminds me of an F-16
Viper Zero more appropriate?
PdotMichael
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No /s needed.
The F-3 will fulfil the role of an air superiority fighter which can't be fulfilled by the F-35. Most of the East Asian countries which deploy American fighter are running into that problem that they couldn't effective engage supercruise capable aircraft like the T-50 or J-20.
Yeah, there've been a few mockups floating around. I think this a good example of what it'll probably look like.
I've read that Japan has a tendency to make their equipment less aggressive-looking in public expos. Something to do with them still being on the fence culturally about their pacifism making people uncomfortable. Those pics of the anime helicopters is another such example, that's obviously not how they would look in an active deployment but more like a way to give them a humanising touch.
I figured the flag-coloured paint coat was celebratory.
...Scatter...
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400 million seems cheap for that space. Wonder how it performs. Not like it matters. No nation with Nuclear weapons has ever been attacked by another state.
Japan so used to making and seeing crazy fucking mechs and stuff that their sense of what looks powerful is distorted. They don't realize that if they turned their cartoons into reality we would he scared shitless, and that their real life fighter plane looks like a toy from the 90s. You don't know your own strength japan!
CosmicGroinPull
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Wow so they've jumped the whole giant robot stage and just went straight to "mid-sized robot that transforms into a jet"? Awesome.
PdotMichael
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You realize that the F-22 will be 30 years old when the F-3 will get in service - so basically when the first F-22 airframes are at the end of their life time.
Led_Zeppelin
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Does it transform into a Gundam? If not then Japan should go back to the drawing board.
My guess is that it will become to the F-22 what the F-5 Tiger was to the F-4 Phantom. Japan isn't delusional, they know they can't just start up production of state of the art fighters from scratch when they haven't really been producing any truly domestic designs since WWII. From what I understand, the X2 is actually intended as the first step towards building a competitive 6th gen design more than anything, with the added benefit of somewhat plugging the 5th Gen hole. It doesn't have to match the F-22 anyway, being a match for the Chinese J20 is enough.
Dictator93
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I hope this is real. I love this.
US is practically a generation+ ahead when it comes to aerospace, and the raptor ideally would be due for a replacement or upgrades when it nears 30.
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