This is hopefully an effort to avoid the dependence on US Lacrosse satellites for storm shadow contour navigation data. I do find it odd that the German SAR Lupe system hasn’t been used for this

Japan to rest of the world: OK, just to be perfectly clear, you want us to take more active military roles in our region, and around the world, to keep our bigger neighbor and the US in check?

Germany: Yeah, it’s a weird feeling.

Send them your gundams!!

Stay classy 🇯🇵

FUCK…