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According to the Japanese Kyodo news agency, Japan is developing a strategy for responding to an attack on the country by an external enemy. The strategy involves striking enemy bases.
The draft of the new strategy was discussed yesterday by representatives of the ruling coalition in Japan – the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party. The strategy, as expected, is based on Tokyo's close cooperation with Washington in striking back.
If Japan is attacked, it will jointly with the United States make decisions on targets for joint retaliatory strikes, the publication reports, referring to the contents of the document.
The new strategy recognizes that Japan today does not have the ability to fully independently take retaliatory actions against an external strike. At the same time, the document notes that Tokyo needs to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States.
Recall that last month the United States and Japan held joint military exercises. It's no secret that Tokyo considers Beijing and Pyongyang to be the source of the main threat.
After World War II, Japan, like Germany, did not actually have any large armed forces. Its defense is mainly in the hands of the Americans, who have deployed thousands of occupation troops on the Japanese islands.
