During the 1980s was the Japanese airforce equipped with
1-PGM like maverick, walleye
2-Laser guided bombs
3-Did they have any night strike capability ? esp anti-ship night strike
4-Were they equipped with any specific jammers for their aircraft
Thanks
By: TooCool_12f - 10th June 2018 at 08:38
As J-20 said: it is a defensive force, and being an island, the primary equipment was for counter-air and anti-ship. As long as you cant approach by air or by sea, they are safe 😉
By: J-20 - 9th June 2018 at 02:34
^ well first and foremost, there is no Japanese Air Force. but an air component of the Japanese Self Defense Force.
the nuance in this is that they’re not designed for offensive operations. Hence no bombers and a focus on only air defense and anti shipping. no ground attack in the earlier days.
Even their C-1 was intentionally designed to have limited range, which made it unable to even fly to Okinawa. hence the larger C-2.
By: nastle - 8th June 2018 at 18:59
^ so they could target ships at night with anti-ship missiles ? but had no other PGM ?
By: totoro - 8th June 2018 at 18:24
No
No
Yes, yes
No
But I may be wrong so people can feel free to correct me.
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June 8, 2018 at 4:27 pm