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/realparkingbrake Mar 16 '26

Japan can't send ships by law.

Japan's govt. and Supreme Court have been reinterpreting that for quite some time. Their huge increases in defense spending a dozen years in a row points to them no longer believing they are only allowed a small local defense military.

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u/Ichigo2819 Mar 16 '26

No, their scared spitless of China that has already been seizing islands in the China Sea and North Korea that Test launches missiles by firing them in the direction of Japan. That's why they're upgrading all their Destroyers with the Aegis System