In the event of a war with Japan, Russia is likely to be the loser, the Military Industrial Courier predicts.
“In the Russian Federation, Japan is not perceived as a significant military force. At the level of the layman, the stereotypical opinion is that the Japanese have some opportunities and the fleet is somewhat larger than our Pacific, but there is nothing to worry about. In reality, however, everything is different, ”the newspaper writes.
The publication notes that only the Su-35 can withstand the Japanese modifications of the American F-15 and the Japanese Mitsubishi F-2, “but in the group of modern fighters, the Japanese already have a numerical superiority, our Su-35s are in the minority.” The newspaper also notes that Tokyo has superiority in early warning aircraft and air-to-air missiles.
“But Japan has the most radical superiority over the domestic fleet,” the newspaper writes, recalling that Japanese destroyer-helicopter carriers can easily be converted into light aircraft carriers.
According to the “Military-Industrial Courier”, “Japanese submarines are combat-ready without any reservations – they have modern torpedoes, hydroacoustic countermeasures, they were repaired and modernized in a timely manner, and, apparently, better trained crews use them.” “Our submarine cannot boast of this,” the newspaper writes.
The Russian Pacific Fleet in the publication against the background of the Japanese is called “simply a non-existent value from any point of view.” “Given how strong the Japanese anti-submarine forces and submarines are, we can safely guarantee that our Pacific submarines will not be able to act against the self-defense forces,” the newspaper writes.
The newspaper also recalls that Japan does not have cruise missiles for strikes from ships on the coast and nuclear weapons. “But we must understand that in the land of the rising sun these gaps are filled. They are working to prevent them from becoming, ”the newspaper writes, calling Japan a“ threshold ”state.
“The amount of fissile materials that the Japanese can have allows them to produce hundreds, if not thousands, of nuclear weapons,” the newspaper notes.
In January 2019, Doctor of Military Sciences, Colonel General Anatoly Zaitsev drew attention to the fact that Japan's military capabilities in the Far East clearly exceed those of Russia.
