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This is coolbert:

From our good friend Commander Salamander and thanks to same.

See previous blog entries as are germane to topic:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/10/ddh-f-35b.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/09/ddh-183.html

"Japan Back in the Carrier Game ..."

"Fresh from her modifications to fly F-35B, the Izumo is bringing the Japanese Navy back in the carrier business again … with some friends via United States Marine Corps F-35B."

"The Japanese will be buying 42 F-35B and maybe more, so soon we will see the Izumo and her sister ships with the first Japanese fixed wing airwing at sea since the end of the Second World War."

Watch the embedded video. Very well done VSTOL operation. Remarkable flying ability.

LET ME REINTERATE! The Japanese willing and able to put to sea a deep water navy with impressive fighting capability surely an indication of waning American military and political power. Global as well as regional!!

coolbert.