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Steigerung der japanischen Rüstungsausgaben...

Japan Approves Record Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2022

On December 24, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio approved 5.4 trillion yen ($47.2 billion) defense spending in fiscal year 2022, starting in April, amid the increasingly tense security environment in east Asia. [...]

The draft budget, which is expected to be passed by Japan’s bicameral legislature in the coming months, represents a 1.09 percent nominal rise in annual spending and comes in at around 0.95 percent of the fiscal 2022 gross domestic product estimate released in July by the Cabinet Office. [...] The 2022 defense budget includes 216.7 billion yen for the U.S. troops based in the country. Japan and the U.S. on December 21 agreed to increase Tokyo’s cost for hosting U.S. forces in the country for five years starting from the next fiscal year to begin covering spending for joint exercises, a move that is apparently aimed at easing Washington’s heavy pressure on Tokyo to expand its cost-sharing burden for countering China’s growing military power.

Specifically, under the new five-year agreement between the two countries, Japan will pay a total of 1.55 trillion yen from fiscal 2022. The annual average will increase by about 10 billion yen to 211 billion yen from the current fiscal year. [...]

The United Kingdom and Japan announced on December 22 that they have agreed on the joint development of engine technology for both the U.K.-led Tempest and Japan’s F-X future combat aircraft programs. With Rolls-Royce leading the engine demonstrator effort for the U.K., the Japanese lead has been decided to be taken by IHI Corporation.

https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/japan-ap...year-2022/

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Hier noch einmal ein Nachtrag zum Budget...

Japan Approves Highest Ever Defense Budget

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD)Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced the outline of the FY2022 defense budget on December 24, 2021. According to the MoD, the budget for FY2022 will be designed as a 16-month budget, integrating the supplementary budget for FY2021. The outcome is a record defense budget. [...]

Naval News previously wrote about the MoD’s budget request for FY2022 except for the supplemental budget in August 2021, and all items requested at that time were approved. Therefore, here is an overview of the new items on naval domain added in the supplementary budget:

- Acquisition of three P-1 patrol aircraft (65.8 billion yen: $573 million)
- Refurbishment of P-3C patrol aircraft (1.1 billion yen: 9.57 million dollars)
- Acquisition of Type 12 light torpedoes, Type 18 heavy torpedoes, Type 15 mines and Type 07 ASROCs (21.7 billion yen: 189 million dollars)
- VLS for two Mogami-class FFMs (8.4 billion yen: 7.3 million dollars)

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...se-budget/

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Japan plans to upgrade defense for hypersonic missiles

The Defense Ministry’s budget requests for fiscal 2023 will include funds to strengthen Japan’s capability to detect and intercept hypersonic missiles, which are more elusive than conventional missiles, government sources said. The project will be one of more than 100 items the ministry is expected to pursue without specifying costs. [...]

North Korea test-fired what it claimed were hypersonic mid-range missiles on Jan. 5 and Jan. 11. The projectiles apparently landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The launches raised concerns among Japanese officials because of the difficulties in intercepting hypersonic missiles targeting Japan. If missiles are fired by a neighboring country toward Japan, the Self-Defense Forces would track them through radar systems placed across the country as well as early-warning aircraft equipped with sophisticated radars until they near Japanese territories.

If the SDF determines that the projectiles would land on Japanese territory, interceptor missiles carried by Aegis system-equipped ships would be deployed to shoot them down outside the Earth’s atmosphere. If interception fails at this stage, land-based missiles would be launched to intercept the threat near Japan’s ground surface. [...]

The ministry is also trying to enhance the capability of the missile intercept command system known as the Japan Aerospace Defense Ground Environment to efficiently operate the nation’s two-stage missile defense, along with the acquisition of additional missiles, according to the sources.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14700396

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Japan selects Patria's AMV for Type 96 replacement programme

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected Finnish company Patria for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's (JGSDF's) wheeled armoured personnel carrier (WAPC) programme. The MoD's Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA) announced on 9 December that under the programme Patria's 8×8 Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV) will replace the JGSDF's ageing fleet of Komatsu Type 96 8×8 APCs.

ATLA said Patria has proposed to licence-produce the AMVs in Japan, and the company will execute the proposal with a Japanese private sector company. Patria said in a press release that it had been preparing its WAPC proposal since 2018 and had established a local subsidiary, Patria Japan Ltd, to support its activities in Japan.

The company said its next step in the programme is to enter licenced-production negotiations with a Japanese company. These talks will start immediately, Patria said.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/land-...-programme

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[Broensen]

Hat hier jemand Informationen dazu, warum die Japaner sich für eine Lizenzproduktion entschieden haben, anstatt bspw. auf Basis des Type 16 eine Eigenentwicklung durchzuführen?

[Ottone]

Es sieht so aus, als bemühe sich Japan aus seiner rüstungspolitischen Isolation generell herauszukommen. Die zweite interessante Frage wäre, ob sie den Finnen im Gegenzug etwas interessantes anzubieten hätten.

[Nicht_Peter]

Hat hier jemand Informationen dazu, warum die Japaner sich für eine Lizenzproduktion entschieden haben, anstatt bspw. auf Basis des Type 16 eine Eigenentwicklung durchzuführen?

Das war ja der andere Kandidat im Wettbewerb, das Mitsubishi Armored Vehicle, welches wiederum auf dem Typ 16 basiert. Wenn man der maschinellen Übersetzung der Pressemitteilung trauen darf, spielten die Faktoren Preis und Schutzniveau eine wichtige Rolle für die Entscheidung zugunsten des Patria AMV: https://jp.reuters.com/article/idJP2022120901000845

[Broensen]

Ah, danke. Ich dachte bisher, Japan würde die Haupt-Landsysteme meistens entwickeln lassen und nicht ausschreiben.

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https://www.patriagroup.com/newsroom/new...ense-force

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Japan Approves Record Defense Budget For Fiscal Year 2024

The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on December 22 approved $55.9 billion (7.95 trillion yen) defense spending for fiscal year 2024, which starts in April, amid the increasingly tense security environment in the Indo-Pacific region. [...]

The draft budget will rise by a 16.5 percent, or $7.93 billion (1.13 trillion yen), from the current fiscal year. This marked yet another record figure for the tenth year in a row in the history of Japan’s national defense budget.

The draft budget, which is expected to be passed by Japan’s bicameral legislature in the coming months, calls for strengthening the nation’s integrated air and missile defense system and stand-off defense capabilities to address rising military threats posed by China, North Korea, and Russia.

Officials at the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) stressed at a press briefing on December 21 that despite the rapid depreciation of the yen and rising prices, there has been no reduction in the number of major weapons and equipment for FY2024, based on the Defense Buildup Program over the five-year period from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2027, which was drawn up in December last year. [...]

MoD has secured $2.6 billion (373.1 billion yen) for fiscal year 2024 to build two Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEV) as an alternative to the two land-based Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, which was cancelled in June 2020 during the Shinzo Abe administration over concerns that falling components from missile interceptors might hit heavily populated areas over Japan. [...]

The defense ministry said it will acquire a total of 12 new FFMs that will succeed the Mogami-class FFM for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It has earmarked $1.2 billion (174 billion yen) in next year’s budget for the construction of first two new FFMs, which are scheduled to be deployed in FY2028.

The defense ministry said the new-class FFM will be fitted with longer-range missiles, enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, and improved capabilities for various maritime operations.

Specifically, the ship-launched, improved version of the Type 12 SSM and the new ship-to-air guided missile (or simply A-SAM) will be equipped with the new-class FFM, defense officials said.

The MoD documents, released by the MoD on December 22, said the new-class FFM has a standard displacement of 4,800 tons, up from 4,500 tons, which was mentioned at the defense budget request on August 31.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...year-2024/

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