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Japan aircraft carrier in the maritime domain : Military equations are changing in Southeast Asia due to China's aggressive stance with neighboring countries. For the first time since World War II, Japan is going to operate its first aircraft carrier in the coming days.
For this, Japan has upgraded its helicopter carrier into an aircraft carrier. So that now F 35B fighter planes can be deployed on it. Thus, Japan would once again have an aircraft carrier after World War II.
Japan is worried about China's aggressive attitude. Recently, Chinese government media had said that China will launch its fourth aircraft carrier very soon. After this, Japan has also announced to operate aircraft carriers to show its strength.
China currently has two aircraft carriers in operation. China is preparing to launch its third aircraft carrier for sea trials this year.
According to a Japanese newspaper report, the Japanese Navy has named its aircraft carrier Kaga. It took two years to upgrade it. It was launched on Monday. Till now Japan used to deploy helicopters on it. Now it will deploy F-35 fighter planes purchased from America. For this, necessary changes have been made in the ship.
F35B is a fifth generation fighter jet. Which is not detected even in radar. Also, it can take off from very short runways. Currently, along with Britain, Italy and Israel are also using it. Japan has also purchased these aircraft from America.