08.12.2025, 19:36
Japan setzt seinen Wehretat erneut nach oben:
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Zitat:Japan Poised to Increase Defense Spending to $70 Billion, 2% of its GDPhttps://news.usni.org/2025/12/03/japan-p...of-its-gdp
Japan’s cabinet approved a Fiscal Year 2025 supplementary budget that is poised to put the country on track to dedicate upwards of two percent of its GDP to defense.
The supplementary budget includes an additional $7 billion – or 1.1 trillion yen – for defense spending for Japan’s current fiscal year, which will conclude March 31, 2026. If approved by Japan’s Parliament, the budget will bring total defense spending for the fiscal year to $70 billion – 11 trillion yen – and will exceed 2 percent of Japan’s GDP, a target the previous Kishida administration had set to achieve in FY2027. [...]
The Ministry of Defense (MOD) supplementary budget document shows that the MOD would be allocated 842.7 billion yen with the remainder of the 1.1 trillion-yen allocation being given to the Japan Coast Guard and other ministries and agencies that have defense undertakings. [...]
Among the items the MOD allocated for are 167.4 billion yen for increased pay, improved barracks and personnel support facilities; 122.2 billion yen for ensuring operational readiness of aircraft and ships; and 56.6 billion yen for acquiring various munitions, including the early development of Improved Type 03 medium range Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM).
Additionally, 345.1 billion yen will be allocated for the realignment of U.S. Forces in Japan and will cover building facilities on Mageshima Island, which will serve as a Field Carrier Landing Practice training base, and the development of the Henoko base on Okinawa that is set to replace Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Funtema.
The MOD has also budgeted 2.9 billion yen for drone response equipment, 4.8 billion yen for a new supply depot on Okinawa and 16 billion yen for the development of facilities to receive mobile air defense and control radars on Kita Daito Island. Japan plans to base a mobile radar there to enhance its surveillance on its Philippine Sea side due to its proximity to Taiwan and increased Chinese military activity, USNI News previously reported.
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