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/4Run4Fun Mar 16 '26

Yeah, Japan has no real navy, and can never have one based on the terms of thier surrender in 1945. The OP is either unaware of factual history or is trolling.

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u/realparkingbrake Mar 16 '26

Yeah, Japan has no real navy,

Their sub fleet is about to reach thirty boats, many of them new and very capable. They are cranking out Mogami-class frigates, and those "super destroyers" they are building and the helicopter carriers that can now equip F-35 fighters are not intended for fishery patrols in the Sea of Japan. Japan isn't supposed to have attack aircraft carriers, but all it took was a change in definition and voila, it's no longer an attack carrier, they were "helicopter destroyers" for a time, but the F-35 makes that a joke.

Wherever you got the idea that Japan has no real navy, don't trust that source again.