What is Japan's strongest weapon?

1. Izumo-class “helicopter destroyers”
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Does Japan have advanced weapons?

As the development of advanced weapons such as long-range cruise missiles or stealth fighter jets by Japanese manufacturers on their own is difficult, Japan has increased defense equipment procurement from the U.S. Foreign military sales by the U.S. to Japan have soared 10 times over the past 10 years.
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What was Japan's secret weapon?

Bioweapons

Japan had an advanced biological weapons program in World War II that cultivated diseases from the plague to anthrax. They successfully deployed the weapons against Chinese towns in tests.
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Is Japan's army strong?

For 2022, Japan is ranked 5 of 142 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review. It holds a PwrIndx* score of 0.1195 (a score of 0.0000 is considered 'perfect'). This entry last updated on 05/02/2022.
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Can Japan build a nuclear bomb?

Today, Japan's nuclear energy infrastructure makes it capable of constructing nuclear weapons at will.
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What did Japan invent in ww2?

During World War II, the Japanese launched some 9,000 incendiary balloons from their territory in the hope that they would be carried to the United States by the jet stream – a distance of several thousand kilometers.
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What did Japan invent during ww2?

Japan had a covert Biological and Chemical warfare research & development unit between 1935 and 1945 called Unit 731. Researchers from this unit performed tests on human subjects and developed flea bomb and defoliation bacilli bomb to spread bubonic plague, anthrax, cholera, dysentery and typhoid.
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Does Japan have chemical weapons?

The only country that engaged in large-scale battlefield use of chemical weapons was Japan, primarily against China. Japan began to research and manufacture chemical weapons immediately following the First World War. In the early 1930s, Japan became one of the few international powers to possess chemical weapons.
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Who won Pearl Harbor?

Pearl Harbor was atoned for in four and a half years of war, but the blunders of Japanese militarists resulted in utter and total defeat. USS Arizona National Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies.
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Does America have secret weapons?

The U.S. Air Force has a top-secret space weapon and is preparing to show it to the world. For months, the service has been preparing to declassify the "black" weapon, but wants to get the timing right, according to a Breaking Defense exclusive.
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What weapons did Japan make in ww2?

  • Fu-Go Balloon Bombs. ...
  • Sen Toku Class Mega Sub. ...
  • Unit 731 and the Use of Bioweapons. ...
  • Fukuryi Suicide Attack Suits. ...
  • The "Purple" Encryption Machine. ...
  • Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Kamikaze Plane. ...
  • Mitsubishi J8M (Shushi) Rocket-powered Interceptor Aircraft. ...
  • O-I Super- and Ultra-heavy Tanks.
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Is Japan's military stronger than China?

Today, Japan is ranked fifth globally in overall military power after the United States, Russia, China and India, and its defense budget ranked sixth in the 2021 ranking of 140 countries by the Global Firepower rating site.
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What is Japan's main battle rifle?

The Type 89 was introduced to replace the Howa Type 64 battle rifle in frontline units, entering service in 1989. It has remained Japan's principal service rifle since then.
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Has Japan got a big army?

Japan seems more than equal to these threats. The Self-Defence Forces (SDF), despite the innocuous name, is one of the world's most powerful armies, with the eighth-largest budget, a larger navy than France and Britain combined, over 1,600 aircraft and four flat-top carriers. Its 300,000 troops are superbly equipped.
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Why is Japan so advanced?

The source of Japan's technological advancement is undoubtedly from the youth of Japan. Statistics show that among 34 OECD countries Japanese students performance levels rank second in mathematics and first in science. Japan spends around 3.59% of GDP in public spending on education.
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Could the Japanese have won ww2?

It could have happened. Key point: Japan could never have crushed U.S. maritime forces in the Pacific and imposed terms on Washington.
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Did Japan think they could beat the US?

And although the Japanese government never believed it could defeat the United States, it did intend to negotiate an end to the war on favorable terms. It hoped that by attacking the fleet at Pearl Harbor it could delay American intervention, gaining time to solidify its Asian empire.
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Why was Japan so strong in ww2?

Japan had the best army, navy, and air force in the Far East. In addition to trained manpower and modern weapons, Japan had in the mandated islands a string of naval and air bases ideally located for an advance to the south.
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Why didn't Japan invade Australia?

According to Frei: The generals of the Army General Staff, and the Prime Minister of Japan, General Hideki Tojo, did not see a need to commit massive troop resources to the conquest of Australia, with the massive logistical problems that would produce.
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Is Hiroshima still radioactive?

Is there still radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki today is on a par with the extremely low levels of background radiation (natural radioactivity) present anywhere on Earth. It has no effect on human bodies.
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Does Japan have fighter jets?

The JASDF had an estimated 49,913 personnel as of 2018, and as of 2020 operates about 740 aircraft, approximately 330 of them being fighter aircraft.
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Is Japan Atomic Power?

Nuclear power industry. Japan has 33 nuclear power reactors classed as operable. However, in 2013 the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) established new regulatory requirements, and just 10 reactors have since received clearance from the regulator to restart.
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