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« on: April 23, 2016, 12:02:38 AM » |
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Budget: $41.6 billion
Active frontline personnel: 247,173
Tanks: 678
Total aircraft: 1,613
Submarines: 16
In absolute terms, the Japanese military is relatively small. Nonetheless, the country is extremely well-equipped.
According to Credit Suisse, it has the fourth-largest submarine fleet on the list. Japan also has four aircraft carriers, although these vessels are equipped only with helicopter fleets.
Japan also has the fourth-largest attack-helicopter fleet behind China, Russia, and the US.
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