Silent guardians : submarines of the JMSDF
Silent guardians : submarines of the JMSDF
- 2009
The JMSDF has two primary roles securing maritime traffic and securing Japanese territory. Japan possesses the world's sixth largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Submarines play a vital role in the JMSDF's mission and the NDPO set the level of submarines at sixteen. They are used for surveillance and the defence of strategic straits. Japanese submariners perform with professionalism and their effectiveness will be boosted by the latest soryu-class design. The most effective defence against intruders is an integrated network involving surface combatants, submarines, aircraft and helicopters.
JAPAN -- SUMARINES
SUMARINES
NAVAL POWER
MARITIME
The JMSDF has two primary roles securing maritime traffic and securing Japanese territory. Japan possesses the world's sixth largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Submarines play a vital role in the JMSDF's mission and the NDPO set the level of submarines at sixteen. They are used for surveillance and the defence of strategic straits. Japanese submariners perform with professionalism and their effectiveness will be boosted by the latest soryu-class design. The most effective defence against intruders is an integrated network involving surface combatants, submarines, aircraft and helicopters.
JAPAN -- SUMARINES
SUMARINES
NAVAL POWER
MARITIME