Comments by "Winston Smith" (@kryts27) on "Japan Is Furious as China’s Coast Guard Patrols Around the Clock, Escalating Maritime Standoffs" video.

  1. I disagree than in homeland seas near Japan that Japan is weak. Japan's navy is the third most powerful in the world. However, longer range naval and air missions from Japan will be more difficult. This includes Japan's small oceanic islands South of Okinawa. I understand Japan's reluctance to develop nuclear weapons, and i agree that these kinds of weapons should not be developed. Japan will have to think a defensive fairly long-range naval interdictions with the PLAAN to protect it's energy supplies from the Middle East. This implies a strong conflict with the PLAAN around Taiwan and the South China Sea.
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  2. I can't help notice that a PLAAN sailor was steering a gun or missile mount on a warship. While i'm no expert in ship gun turrets, isn't this World-War 2 vintage? Most modern gun and missile turrets on warships are steered electro-optically or electro-radar guided from the CIC. Not by a sailor anymore sitiing in a turret. The only manned guns these days in Western navies are 50 cal machine guns.
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