Japan is preparing the military for a war scenario in the Taiwan Strait.
The Japanese government plans to strengthen its army in the field of mobility and increase the capacity of fuel, ammunition and food.
Japan is increasing its fuel and ammunition reserves in the Nancy Islands in the East China Sea in order to increase its readiness in case of a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
According to “Taiwan News” base, Japanese Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper “Nikki”: “It is important that we not only have hardware such as planes and ships to protect Japan, but also enough ammunition for them.” let’s have We will fundamentally strengthen the military capabilities we need, including our capacity for stable and flexible deployment of forces.
According to this Japanese publication, this country currently stores more than 70% of its ammunition in the Hokkaido region, 2,000 kilometers from the potential war site of Taiwan. The Ministry of Defense of Japan believes that strengthening the logistics capabilities of the army in the “Nancy” archipelago will increase deterrence even more.
Hamada told the Nikkei magazine that the first step of the program is to build an ammunition depot at the Japanese Army Ground Force Camp on the island of Amami Oshima. The Tokyo government is considering using this place to store weapons such as missiles.
The Nikkei newspaper wrote that the Japanese army only had enough ammunition reserves for about a month, and less than 10% of it was stored in the islands of Kyushu and Okinawa. The military is facing the problem of a lack of ships to transport ammunition to the war zone in the event of a war between Taiwan and China.
Japan’s defense minister told the Nikkei newspaper that Tokyo plans to build ports and fuel depots on Okinawa, Kyushu and other islands.
