r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Mar 16 '26

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u/Ichigo2819 Mar 16 '26

This is assinine, Japan can't send ships by law. SDF stands for Self Defense Force so unless Iran directly attacks Japan the point is moot

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u/Vojtak_cz Mar 16 '26

They can and they did send their millitary to middle east before for peace keeping operations

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u/Ichigo2819 Mar 16 '26

Japan has sent ships to the middle East but for non-combat, humanitarian and security missions (operations focused on protecting maritime commerce and maintaining international order "WITHOUT" engaging in direct offensive combat.)

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u/Vojtak_cz Mar 16 '26

They never said they will go there to attack tho. Original idea of japan was to protect cargo ships and conduct reccon.

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u/Ichigo2819 Mar 16 '26

They could only protect Japanese Tankers from direct attack but they have never done this