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As a sovereign state, the Dai-Tōhoku Renpō reserves for itself the right to posess an armed force in order to protect its own national integrity, as well as objects and persons that are essential to the national security of the nation. The armed forces of the Dai-Tōhoku Renpō shall serve the following purpose and be structured and equipped accordingly:

  • Safeguarding the political sovereignity and territorial integrity of the nation, as well as protecting its citizens from foreign aggression.
  • Assisting civil authorities in relief operations in the aftermath of natural or man-made disaster.
  • Assisting the Empire and allied nations in defense of their interests.
  • Supporting the Empire in operations to preserve peace in the Pacific.
  • Preventing foreign state or non-state actors from threatening the regional peace in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Preventing hostile state or non-state actors from being able to harm the Japanese nation.

To this end, the Dai-Tōhoku Renpōgun shall be created, consisting out of the following branches:

  • Dai-Tōhoku Rikugun (Ground forces)
  • Dai-Tōhoku Kaigun (Naval forces)
  • Dai-Tōhoku Kūgun (Air forces)

Additionally, the following five special institutions are to be created:

  • Jōhōhonbu (Military Intelligence)
  • Keimutai (Military Police)
  • Kaiheitai (Marine Corps)
  • Kūteiheitai (Airborne forces)
  • Tokushu Sakusen Gun (Special forces)

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With approval by the diet finally granted, the Dai-Tōhoku Kaigun has ordered the construction of 22 ships. The ships, mostly small destroyers, but also two helicopter carriers, one tanker and one logistics ship will be laid down in Muroran this week and are expected to be the foundation of the new nation's naval forces. Japanese companies in the rest of Japan have been contracted, in order to help in the construction with expertise.

 

At Mutsu Bay, the Ministry of Defense has ordered the expansion of the facilities at Ōminato in order to become the new headquarters of the navy. The Ōminato District, responsible for the protection of Southern Hokkaido, the nation's coastline on Honshu and the strategically important Tsuruga Strait will be centered around Ōminato with the new Ōminato Naval Arsenal (Ōminato Kaigun Kōshō) and will have branches in Muroran (for outfitting and basing of ships), Wakkanai (for basing of ships) and Asahikawa (for basement and training of the Kaiheitai and a pilote school for naval aviation).

 

A second base is to be constructed at Ōtomari, Karafuto as Karafuto District, responsible for protection and security of Karafuto, Sōya Strait and Mamiya Strait. It will have branches in Toyohara (for aerial support), Maoka and Esutoru (both for basing of ships).

 

Smaller bases of Niigata, Shiogama, Muroran, Wakkanai, Maoka, Otaru and Esutoru are to be home of the Dai-Tōhoku Kaijō Hoan-chō (Coast Guard).

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With a strength of 120,000, the Dai-Tōhoku Rikugun would be mostly used to defend the homeland from attack. While not deemed a large army by the standards of the time, it was deemed decent enough, also given the close proximity of Tianxia and the terrain that could well act as a force multiplier in defense. Equipped with modern Japanese arms and vehicles, the army would be split into four parts, the four territorial armies:

  • Tōhoku-gun (headquartered in Sendai, Miyagi)
  • Chūbu-gun (headquartered in Shibata, Niigata)
  • Hokkaido-gun (headquartered in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
  • Karafuto-gun (headquartered in Toyohara, Karafuto)

With each army holding approximately 30,000 soldiers, a reserve would be created, holding another 100,000 citizens who would be called upon should the homeland come under attack. Additionally, the Dai-Tōhoku Kaiheitai would be built up to a strength of 30,000, equalling a full army (or two divisions). While the Rikugun was to mostly stay at home and provide security for Japan, the Kaiheitai was to be utilised as a force for rapid deployment and action abroad, should it be needed. Equipped similarly to the regular army, the Kaiheitai thus enjoyed a great deal of autonomy, not found in the Kūteiheitai (one division of the Chūbu-gun, part of the Rikugun). The Tokushu Sakusen-gun meanwhile would be autonomous again, though, due to their nature and mission profile only 3,000 strong.

 

The overall headquarters of the Rikugun would be in Sendai, the capital of the nation.

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While the diet was still arguing over the funding of additional ships for the next fiscal year, in Muroran the first ships would be officially commissioned to become the foundation of a new Japanese navy. While many new recruits were assigned their posts for the first time, also some elements that had formerly served with the Tianxian naval forces would continue their duties in the Dai-Tōhoku Kaigun.

 

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DTK Rishiri, with her sister ship Sado the largest ships of the Federation

 

The commissioning was celebrated publicly, with a festival-like atmosphere and Governor-General Konoe has called this a "great day on which Japanese naval tradition begins a new chapter to serve the nation honourably and loyally, as well as to assist the Emperor to keep order and peace in the Pacific". This idea of continuation of a Japanese naval history manifests itself, for example in uniforms, customs and most prominently, the naval Hinomaru flag, which has been used already during the Meiji era.

 

The 22 ships are:

 

Rishiri-class helicopter carrier

  • DTK Rishiri
  • DTK Sado

Yūbari-class destroyer

  • DTK Yūbari
  • DTK Chikuma
  • DTK Abukuma
  • DTK Kiso
  • DTK Natori
  • DTK Agano

Akizuki-class light destroyer

  • DTK Akizuki
  • DTK Teruzuki
  • DTK Suzutsuki
  • DTK Hatsuzuki
  • DTK Niizuki
  • DTK Wakatsuki

Matsu-class destroyer escort

  • DTK Matsu
  • DTK Take
  • DTK Ume
  • DTK Momo
  • DTK Kuwa
  • DTK Kiri

Mashu-class replenishment ship

  • DTK Mashu
  • DTK Omi
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The first two of the eight ships ordered were officially commissioned. While still celebrated, the celebrations would be far smaller in scale to those of the commissioning of DTK Rishiri, due to nature of the ships. With DTK Hachirō and DTK Akkeshi, two more Mashu-class replenishment ships would now serve the logistical needs of the Kaigun.

 

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DTK Akkeshi on sea trials in the Sea of Japan

 

Japan Steel Works 155 mm/62-caliber 2nd year type naval rifle

 

As part of the armament of future warships, Japan Steel Works has developed a new naval rifle, incorporating most modern technology to make modern naval artillery a viable and effective asset in contemporary naval combat. Data on the new rfle is only sparsely released, public releases are to, if at all, only include caliber of the rifle and the fact that it will be used in future ships.

 

The 2nd year system (named after the second year of the Genka/元佳 era), is a revolutionary design, specifically designed for the firing of an all-new range of improved ammunitions. The mainstay of this ammunition assortment will be the Type 1 Ballistically Enhanced Ammunition (BEM), a high-explosive base-bleed enhanced shell for ranges up to 45 km, and the Type 2 Propelled Range-Enhanced Ammunition (PREM), a sophisticated long-range ammunition with a range of up to 200 km.

 

The Type 2 PREM achieves its range primarily through a combination of a rocket motor and gliding/guidance fins, which not only allow for improved range, but also for guidance via GPS or inertial, in order to improve pin-point accuracy and to keep collateral damage limited.

 

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Type 2 Propelled Range-Enhanced Ammunition

 

Fuji Neptune Naval Reconaissance UAV

 

The Neptune is an advanced reconaissance drone for use by the naval forces. It is built for take-off and landing on water, with a floating hull and a top-mounted turboprop propulsion unit. It is not too large at a mere 5.5 metres length and 7.4 metres wingspan, with a weight of 1.8 tons. The UAV is expected to have an endurance of around 12 hours, with an expected cruising speed of 280 km/h.

 

The Fuji Neptune's mission profile is to be launched from a ship, to then reach the planned altitude of 6,000-8,000 metres, staying at this level to provide a greater degree of situational awareness for the mothership. Thus, the Fuji Neptune is not only equipped with a down-looking synthetic apperture radar, but also with a high-resolution quantum-well infrared photodetector array allowing 360° coverage.

 

The hull and wings of the Neptune transition almost seemlessly and were treaded with radar-absorbant materials, in order to decrease the radar cross section and to prevent easy detection by enemy surface-to-air or air-to-air weapon systems.

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Today, in a grand celebration, Prime Minister Nakamichi and Grand Inspector of the Fleet Date have officially commissioned the two new Suzuya-class heavy aviation destroyers, named DTK Suzuya and DTK Mogami after the rivers Suzuya (Karafuto Prefecture) and Mogami (Yamagata Prefecture) respectively. Under much fanfare and accompanied by the famous Gunkan March, performed by the first Dai-Tōhoku Navy Orchestra, the two ships were called by Nakamichi the new centerpieces of the country's surface fleet and a proud addition to the naval arsenal of the Federation.
 
And indeed, the two ships are expected to boost the capabilities of the Kaigun by a great lengths, as they are equipped with some of the latest technologies the military has to offer, including two twin-turrets of 155 mm 2nd year type naval rifles, developed especially for this class of destroyers, the Type 13 and Type 14 radar systems and aviation facilities very similar to earlier Japanese helicopter destroyers.
 
The ships had already finished sea trials a week earlier, however the election still caused a delay in the official commissioning and christening of the two ships. However with the grand celebration of these ships as one of Nakamichi's first actions in office, it seems clear that the new prime minister wants to send a sign to his nation and maybe even the world. surrounded by a political climate of growing hostilities at the Empire's new South American frontier, the two ships surely are valued additions and may see action rather sooner than later.
 
In addition to the grand celebration of the two ships, Nakamichi and date also announced their intention to work out a plan to increase the naval strength of Dai-Tōhoku over the coming decade drastically, in order to provide greater security for Dai-Tōhoku and the Empire. "Our national security relies not on combatting threats in our immediate neighbourhood, but on Imperial control over the Pacific and combatting hostile actors abroad. In both fields, a greater navy is key to Dai-Tōhoku's contribution to Imperial security.", the new Prime Minister stated. Date meanwhile called the existence of a grand fleet vital to the future of Dai-Tōhoku and its position in the world. On the occassion, the two also announced the planned laying down of the country's first battleship in the near future.

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As the needs of the Renpōgun develop with the challenges it will have to overcome, research, development and procurement of advanced military hardware and software can no longer be merely adressed by the existing institutions of the industry and the military. Instead, the Ministry of Defense has decided to establish again the Technical Research & Development Institute (TRDI), organised as part of the MoD, to head the R&D efforts for high-end military projects.
 
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Mitsubishi F-4 Shinryū
 
The Shinryū (神竜) is a 5.5th generation multirole fighter aircraft, its development based on data from the F-35C, though integrating numerous new indegenous systems. Without the need for STOVL operation, the frame of the aircraft has been redesigned, to improve its stealth aspect and flight characteristics in the absence of the lift system and the necessary design compromises. The main engine of the F-35 has also been replaced with two Ishikawajima- Harima F-5 engines generating up to 102 kN each, taken from the ongoing F-3 program. The engine incorporates 3D thrust-vectoring and not only improves the aircrafts maneuverability, but also allow for sustained supercruise at Mach 1.4 and a maximum speed of up to Mach 1.8. Additionally, the F-4 has an enlarged wing area in a tailed delta configuration to improve handling of short take-off distances, as the Shinryū is supposed to become the main workhorse of the Dai-Tōhoku Kaigun Kōkū-tai (Navy Air Service).
 
Avionics of the Shinryū are similar to the F-35, on which it is based, but were developed and manufactured in Japan. Also, sensoric systems have been upgraded, to include not only active and passive radar, but inspired by the original, the Shinryū features the Sperical Infrared Identification and Tracking System (SPIRIT), providing the aircraft an awareness of IR signatures of its surroundings, without blind spots.
 
The improved airframe design of the F-4 has not only led to a reduction of drag and a much smaller radar cross signature (about 2 cm²), but also, due to usage of advanced lightweight materials, the weight of the F-4 was reduced to a mere 10 tons empty weight (with 20 tons maximum take-off weight), which not only improves take-off and landing characteristics, but also (in combination with larger fuel capacity), the Shinryū has a much larger combat radius of 1250 km, without external fuel tanks.

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People's Liberation Army, Aerial Warfare Logistics Division, would covertly transfer designs for a active phased array guided missile, mission control and guidance systems, impervious to evasive maneuvering actions for equipping onto the F-4 fighter, along with plans for the mission planning system for the extended range air to surface NGTAM.

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The designs received from the PLA would be given to the TRDI for development of two new missiles, the AAM-6 and AAM-7. The ER-NGTAM would be used for possible future air-to-ground needs.

 

The AAM-6 was developed as an advanced short-range air-to-air missile, with a high-strength airframe, two sets of control fins (one forward and one aftward) and a thrust-vectoring ducted rocket engine, in order to achieve high levels of maneuverability, even at speeds of Mach 3-4 (with a range inbetween 20 and 35 km), without the missile disintegrating. Turning rates of 75°/s were to make evasive maneuvering after lock-on a near impossibility. The seeker head would be adaptable to the mission and either a high-resolution infrared guidance or an advanced active phased array to allow the missile to fully capitalise on its maneuverability. Due to the advanced seeker head technology, the high-end processing unit with improved ECCM, ability to differentiate between target, background noise and flares, as well as the ability to lock onto a target again (or a new target), should the lock be broken or the target be destroyed, the electronics of the missile make up for over 60% of the missile cost.

 

The AAM-7 meanwhile is supposed to be an advanced beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, which, while sharing most electronic components, sacrifices some of the maneuverability (only up to 50°/s turning rate) for increased range and speed. The AAM-7's airframe is about half a metre longer than the AAM-6 (3.65 metres), with increased fuel capacity and a slightly stronger ducted rocket motor, similar to the AAM-6. The stated range of the AAM-7 is 140 km, with a speed of Mach 4-5.

 

Both missiles are supposed to be fielded by the fleet of F-2s, but also by F-3s and F-4s, once these are in service. Old missile stocks of AAM-4s and AAM-5s are kept due to high missile cost of the new missiles, and are to be disposed off via attrition against lower-end enemies.

 

Shimokita Test Center

 

Tests with two heavy gun barrels, of 360 and 410 mm calibre are scheduled for the next two weeks, in order to create range tables. Development of improved ammunitions is scheduled for the next few years.

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Today, after having conducted their traditional New Years temple visit, Prime Minister Nakamichi and Inspector of the Fleet Date commissioned the two largest ships the Kaigun operated since its foundation. The two Myōkō-class battlecruisers Myōkō and Chōkai are the first ships of the Kaigun to be classed as "capital surface combatants", the first to feature nuclear propulsion, the first with an extensive armor scheme and were thus celebrated as the re-emergence of "true Japanese naval power". Visibly traditional, in her Kimono, Date delivered a speech to the crowd.
 
"With these two ships, our country has finished the construction of our first capital ships. Slowly, but steadily, our country is working its way back into the ranks of great naval powers, reclaiming an independent Japanese naval tradition, the legacy of our proud ancestors. These ships are the first proof of our determination, floating fortresses of steel to protect our ancient home islands and the foundation of a naval force that can ensure the eternal and undeniable Imperial rule over the Pacific Ocean. Today, truely is a new start, but not solely of a new year, but of a new era, in which not a single nation shall be able to challenge the peace and order of the Pacific."
 
Date also announced that the ships would be the first step towards a 2-2-2 fleet, of two fleet carriers, two battleships and two battlecruisers, to allow for a decent ability to project power abroad. The two ships are commissioned inmidst a war raging in South America, in which forces of the Renpōgun are fighting alongside other Imperial military forces to vanquish the last challenge to Imperial stability and peace in the Southern Pacific. When asked whether the ships would contribute, Date stated that it would depend on the duration of the conflict, given for the time being, the ships would need to be restocked and refueled, before they'd head towards Bolivia. Further plans were not mentioned, due to operational security concerns.
 
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With approval by the Colombian government granted, the so-called First Fleet (Daiichi Kantai), consisting out of Myōkō, Chōkai, Mogami, Yūbari, Natori, Agano and Sado, would head from their base in Mutsu Bay to Cartagena. Under the command of Admiral Nishi, the fleet would be the largest surface fleet dispatched in the history of the young Federation.

 

Following this fleet would be two supply ships, Hachirō and Akkeshi, in order to prepare for future operations in the theater. Though the fleet could conduct operations also without underway resupply, it was deemed beneficial to increase endurance of the non-nuclear ships.

 

Weapons loadout would be classified and would consist out of a mixed arsenal of anti-air, anti-ship and land attack missiles onboard the two battlecruisers, as well as anti-air and anti-ship missiles onboard the destroyers. Also classified would be the strength of the newly created ground force onboard the the Sado, which numbered around 400 and would for now serve as guards to keep the ships protected while in harbour.

 

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With the expansion of the Kaigun's overseas deployments, the Diet has approved the creation of a Naval Land Force, which was to be equipped similar to light infantry forces, yet under the command of the naval forces, adding to the independence of the fleet, which now comprises not just naval forces and air forces (the Naval Air Service (Kaigun Kōkūtai), including maritime patrol and ship-borne aircraft), but can now operate ground forces independent of both the Army (Rikugun) and the Marine forces (Kaiheitai). These new soldiers, know as the Naval Land Force (Kaigun Rikusentai) are tasked with:

  • Protecting naval installations and ships in harbour,
  • Conducting amphibious operations against lightly and moderately defended coastlines,
  • Assisting ground forces after the initial landing and securing the landing side for following troops,
  • Garrisoning and defending strategic overseas locations.

The overall force of the Kaigun Rikusentai is planned to be around 30,000, including 4 3,500 strong amphibious assault/light infantry brigades, the small Kaigengun, tasked with defending the Kaigen islands, as well as many auxiliaries and naval guard units, securing bases.

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Soryū-class aircraft carrier
 


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Hiryū on her way South

 
After two and a half years construction time, today Soryū and sister ship Hiryū have been officially revealed to the public. In a grand ceremony, both ships were commissioned and afterwards transferred from Muroran to Ōminato. The two ships, equipped with the nations most advanced F-4 multirole fighters, will finally turn the Kaigun from a mere green-water force restricted to operations in support of PLAN forces to a full-fledged blue-water navy capable of independent operations. Together with the two battlecruisers Myōkō and Chōkai, as well as two battleships expected to be finished sometime next year, these two aircraft carriers provide a the Kaigun with a decent power projection ability and the ability to support operations abroad. These carriers employ state-of-the-art technology, for easier and smoother handling and maintainance.
 
While their exact dimensions and aircraft capacity are classified, crude estimates from released media give figures of roughly 280-290 metres length, about 70 metres of beam at the broadest points and around 50,000-70,000 tons of displacement, which would make the ships larger than any other ship currently used by the Kaigun, but still smaller than true supercarriers used by many other countries' naval forces. Fleet Inspector Date called them a good deal in cost/return ratio, emphasizing the high cost cost of supercarriers in both construction and maintainance, a burden too large for a small country such as Dai-Tōhoku.
 
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Exact dimensions of the carriers are 285 metres in length, 72.8 metres of beam, 10 metres of draft and a displacement of 65,000 tons. The ship carries an air wing of 40 fixed-wing aircraft, of which 36 would be F-4 fighters, the rest being either reconaissance drones or AWACS aircraft. Propulsion is provided by a pressurised water reactor constructed by Mitsubishi, similar in construction to the ones used on Myōkō and Chōkai, as well as intented to be used on the two battleships currently under construction. These will produce enough shaft horse power to propel the carrier to over 30 knots via two azimuth thrusters at the rear, as well as providing energy for onboard systems. The Soryū-class as the pride of the Kaigun utilise various modern systems provided by Ōminato Naval Arsenal, such as the Type 14 long-range radar and Type 4 air traffic control system. Protection for the ship will be primarily be provided by escorting ships and the carrier air group, but for immediate anti-air and anti-missile defense, the carriers feature 6 of the newly developed ONA M1 35 mm CIWS. For ease of maintainance, the ships utilise a comparatively high degree of automatisation and advanced logistics concepts to organise onboard ammunition and fuel supply. Also electro-magnetic catapults are featured, to reduce the strain on the highly sophisticated F-4 fighter and to further reduce the continued operational costs of the carriers.
 
The two carriers will during peacetime operate on alternate shifts, to allow for one carrier to be on duty at all time. During wartime, this will shift to have both carriers on overlapping duty, in order to double the comparatively small naval aviation capacities of the Dai-Tōhoku Kaigun.

 

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While the Kaigun-chō was pausing major efforts to build more surface vessels, given that with the Second Naval Bill and the battleship building program, the most basic rump of a blue-water navy was existent or under construction, the fleet still had one major area where it lacked: Submarines.

 

While the country had no need for ballistic missile submarines and was not yet planning to acquire guided missile submarines, the Diet would approve the acquisition of 8 nuclear attack submarines in order to increase the Kaigun's ability to hunt enemy warships and submarines. According to the naval construction, the construction would happen over the course of the next two years.

 

Additionally, the TRDI would be tasked with the development of a new heavyweight torpedo intented to be used on the new submarines and surface vessels.

 

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With utmost secrecy, the Kūgun and TRDI would conduct flight tests on Hokkaido. Handled as the first real black project, its existence only disclosed within a small circle, including high ranking PLAAF officials to prevent unnecessary worries, the Kawasaki B-1 strategic bomber was the marvel of Japanese bomber design and the first dedicated bomber aircraft of the nation in its current incarnation.

 

The Kawasaki B-1 is a high subsonic low observability strategic bomber and long-range missile platform. With a quite remarkable size of 41 metres length and 40.2 metres wingspan, it is intented to take off from full-length runways within Dai-Tōhoku territory, using its long range to reach the target. It is powered by four Ishikawajima- Harima XF-6 turbofan engines, generating about 140 kN each, allowing for high subsonic cruise speed. The aircraft's combat radius is around 5,800 km with an endurance of up to 14 hours. The B-1 is manned with 3 people, being one pilot, a co-pilot, and one combat systems manager.

 

While not being as sophisticated in its stealth measures as the F-4, the B-1 utilises advantagous shaping and radar-absorbant materials to achieve a decent degree of radar stealth. Similarly, its engines have been placed deep within the body of the aircraft, to isolate the heat, with special nozzle shaping, in order to diffuse the hot exhaust air and allow it to cool off before leaving the aircraft completely. The electronic warfare systems are mostly the taken from F-4 fighters. Overall, the aircraft is classed as low observability, rather than full-spectrum stealth, and plans for upgrades to improve most aspects of the aircraft were considered by TRDI, however budgetary austerity has caused such concepts to be postponed for the time being. Still, the airframe has taken many possible upgrades into consideration and it is expected that the currently limited usefulness will get adressed via continous mid-life upgrades.

 

The payload of the bomber is stored in two internal bomb bays, which can be modified according to mission profile. Thus the bomber can carry up to 14-28 stand-off missiles or around 40 tons of explosive ordnance, in different configurations. While the bomber has not been designed to carry nuclear weaponry, it could deliver nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, however no such weapons are in the nation's arsenals.

 

Two wings of bombers are kept by the Kūgun, designated special ground attack wings and code-named Kuroneko and Kurousagi.

 

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Both Soryū-class fleet carriers are transferred to the Dai-ichi Kantai in Cartagena.

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Type-04 ASSM-3 (Air/Surface-to-Surface Missile)

 

The Type-04 missile, also known by its designation ASSM-3 or colloqually as Yari II, is a new development made by the TRDI due to a request by the Kaigun-chō, as well as the Kūgun. It is designed to gradually replace existing stocks of ASM and SSM missiles used by the military. The missile's primary target will be naval ships, however usage against surface targets too is envisioned. As the name implies, the missile will be launch-able from both air and surface platforms.

 

The missile is designed to approach its target at high subsonic speed, first at medium altitude, before dropping to just above the waterline for a sea-skimming terminal approach, in order to stay below the radar horizon and increase lethality. The missile also uses semi-stealthy shaping and an advanced turbojet engine with reduced heat emissions to avoid enemy detection. Due to these low observability measures the ASSM can most often stay undetected until it is too late for the target. While in air-launched variants, the initial altitude is provided by the launch platform, surface-launched versions are provided with a jettisonable rocket motor for this purpose. In Dai-Tōhoku service, the missile is designed to be used in its air-launched configuration by the F-2, F-3 (once in service), F-4 and B-1, while the surface-launched version is to be carried in the Mk 41 and Mk 57 missile cells of the Kaigun and in special transporter-erector-launcher trucks, equipped with 6 ASSM-3 missiles each, for the Rikugun. This allows for a high degree of commonality between the forces and eases logistics. The Type-04 has a range of around 400 km, which gives it a solid stand-off range against many targets.

 

The Type-04's warhead is a 450 kg blast-fragmentation explosive, able to sink or cripple most ships. Alternative warheads for less common targets are under development. Guidance for the missile can be provided via datalink, however the Type-04 is equipped with an advanced sensorics suit, including a multi-mode radio-frequency sensor, as well as advanced counter-counter measures to allow the missile to autonomously find its way to the target, identify the correct target out of a number of targets, approach it while performing maneuvers to evade identified enemy defensive strong points and and hit the target, without any need for external guidance. This system allows the launch platform to fire the missile and disengage, relying entirely on the Type-04 to conduct autonomous targetting. This system is used mainly when engaging naval targets and is replaced with a less sophisticated guidance system for strikes on fixed surface locations, as the sensorics suite of the ASSM-3 is the most expensive one in the entire missile arsenal of the Renpōgun and the ASSM-3, together with the AAM-6/7 and the SM-3 makes for the big three in the missile development budget.

 

The missile's existence is for now not disclosed and while testing has been carried out, stocks will be kept by the TRDI and not yet distributed among the Renpōgun.

 

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While there was an ongoing war in Brazil, the Kaigun-chō ordered the transfer of two brigades of the Kaigun Rikusentai to South America, in order to stay with the First Fleet for future actions. 3rd and 4th Brigades are sent to Karafuto meanwhile for winter exercises and to keep the peace during the Karafutogun's continued mission in South America.

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Force Reorganisation

 

In order to reflect the new national identity and the ressources that need to be managed, the Diet has approved certain administrative changes, as well as name changes. According to the new regulations, the armed forces will in the future be administered by the Ministry of Defense and the Kaigun-chō, which shall be elevated to a full-fledged Ministry of the Navy (Kaigun-shō).

 

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The Ministry of Defence (Bōei-shō) is responsible for the administration, including procurement, logistics management, finances and personel managment, and operations of the Nihon Rikugun, the Nihon Kūgun, the Jōhōhonbu, as intelligence service for army and air force, as well as the Keimutai as military police of army and air force.

 

The Nihon Rikugun is created from the old Dai-Tōhoku Rikugun and tasked with the defence of Japan proper, Japanese grade A overseas territories and the conduct of war on the ground.

 

The Nihon Kūgun is created from the Dai-Tōhoku Kūgun, and is tasked with the defense of the various Japanese territories against aerial attack, as well as providing land-based support to other forces.

 

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The Ministry of the Navy (Kaigun-shō) is responsible for the administration and operational planning of the naval forces and their associated services, which are the Nihon Kaigun Rikusentai and the Nihon Kaigun Kaigun Kōkūtai. Additionally, the Kaigun-shō is responsable for the administration of the Kaiheitai, the Kaigun Jōhōkyoku and the Kaigun Keimutai.

 

The Nihon Kaigun is responsible for naval operations, independent as well as in the support of other forces.

 

The Nihon Kaigun Rikusentai is in charge of protecting naval installations, providing troops for amphibious assaults and providing garrisons for grade B overseas territories.

 

As joint institutions exist the Tōgō Bakuryō Kaigi (Joint Chiefs of Staff), tasked with the cooperation across branches and the effective high command over the military, the Technical Research and Development Institute, responsible for advanced defense development projects, and the Nihongun Tokubetsu Tsūshin Kenkyūjo.

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Nihon Rikugun (Japanese Army)

 

The Nihon Rikugun is to be increased from its current strength of 260,000 to 550,000 soldiers. It will be structured into five Area Armies (Hōmengun), for the defense of the Japanese home islands. These are:

  • Hokubu Hōmengun (Northern Area Army, responsible for Hokkaido, Hoppo Ryodo and Karafuto, HQ in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
  • Tōhoku Hōmengun (Northeastern Area Army, responsible for Tōhoku, HQ in Sendai, Miyagi)
  • Tōbu Hōmengun (Eastern Area Army, responsible for Kantō and Northern Chūbu, HQ in Nerima, Tokyo)
  • Chūbun Hōmengun (Central Area Army, responsible for Kansai, Southern Chūbu, Shikoku and Chūgoku, HQ in Itami, Hyōgo)
  • Seibu Hōmengun (Western Area Army, responsible for Kyushu and Senkaku, HQ in Kumamoto, Kumamoto)

Each Area Army includes 4 divisions of roughly 10,000 soldiers. As with all divisions, these are numbered through, with the exception of the Japanese Guard Division (Nihon Konoe Shidan).

 

In order to maintain armies abroad to protect Imperial posessions, Imperial interests and for armed expeditions, there exist four General Armies (Sō-gun). These are:

  • Kechuagun (Kechua Army, protecting Minami-Kechua and Japanese interests in South America, HQ in Heiwa)
  • Dai-ichi Sōgun (First General Army, stationed in the Home islands)
  • Dai-ni Sōgun (Second General Army, stationed in the Home islands)
  • Bōei Soshireibu (General Defence Command, stationed in the Home islands, pool for all unassigned divisions)

The Army encompasses 55 divisions, of which 18 are considered light infantry divisions, 6 are mechanised divisions and a further 6 are armored divisions.

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Nihon Kaigun (Japanese Navy)

 

The Nihon Kaigun constitutes all major ocean-going Japanese military vessels and is the main means for the Japanese nation to project its power abroad, as well as to protect the far-flung trade routes to overseas nations and colonies. The Nihon Kaigun also incorporates the three naval auxiliary forces of the Kaiheitai (Marines), Kaigun Rikusentai (Navy Land Forces) and Kaigun Kōkūtai (Navy Air Service). It enjoys increased independence from the rest of the military and is administered by the Kaigun-shō (Ministry of the Fleet).

 

The Navy operates currently 30 ships:

  • 2 fleet carriers
  • 2 battlecruisers
  • 2 heavy aviation destroyers
  • 6 destroyers
  • 6 light destroyers
  • 6 destroyer escorts
  • 2 amphibious warfare ships
  • 4 supply ships

As operational bases, the Kaigun maintains 5 naval districts, corresponding to the 5 primary naval bases, and 2 colonial districts, corresponding to the two overseas territories:

  • Yokosuka Naval District (based Yokosuka Naval Base, responsible for the Pacific coastline)
  • Kure Naval District (based Kure Naval Base, responsible for the Inland Sea)
  • Sasebo Naval District (based Sasebo Naval Base, responsible for the Tsushima Strait and the East China Sea)
  • Maizuru Naval District (based Maizuru Naval Base, responsible for the Sea of Japan)
  • Ōminato Naval District (based Ōminato Naval Base, responsible for Tsugaru Strait, Soya Strait and the protection of the northern territories)
  • South Pacific District (based Antofagasta Naval Base)
  • South Atlantic District (based Kaigen Naval Base)

Each of the five main Naval bases operates a Naval Arsenal, combining steel foundries, shipyards and manufacturies for naval weaponry. As a special case, Ōminato Naval Arsenal does not operate a steel foundry or shipyard, with these capacities being provided in Muroran. The five main naval districts are centered around the primary bases, however outlying subordinated bases exist. Naval districts are operated by both Kaigun and Coast Guard, with only the latter having a fixed presence.

 

The Nihon Kaigun currently operates three fleets, which are the First Fleet (stationed Cartagena, Imperial Americas), the Second Fleet (stationed Kaigen Islands) and the Third Fleet (stationed Yokosuka Navy Base). Fleets are prone to reorganisation and such is planned, once more ships have been constructed.

 

In terms of ground forces, the Nihon Kaigun operates the Kaiheitai, with a strength of three divisions, and the Kaigun Rikusentai, with a force of five divisions. Kaigun ground divisions consist out of two around 2,800 strong brigades each and are then broken down in 6 even smaller 400 strong companies, one light artillery battery and a air defense battery. Overall, the Nihon Kaigun can call upon around 75,000 soldiers.

 

Navial aviation capabilities are provided by the Kaigun Kōkūtai, which is currently organised into the First Air Fleet (Dai-Ichi Kōkū Kantai), consisting out of the First Carrier Division (Dai-Ichi Kōkū Sentai) and the assigned First and Second Attack Squadrons (Kōgekitai).

 

Training facilities for the Kaigun Rikusentai and Kaiheitai are near their naval main bases, however, officers are educated at Etajima Naval Academy. Land-based aviation training is mostly conducted at air bases Atsugi and Iwakuni.

 

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Fourth Naval Act Fleet Construction Plan

  • 2 fleet carriers
  • 2 large fleet carriers
  • 4 light carriers
  • 4 Project 05 battleships
  • 2 Project 09 battleships
  • 4 Myōkō-class battlecruisers
  • 2 Project 15 battlecruisers
  • 2 Suzuya-class heavy aviation destroyers
  • 4 post-Suzuya heavy destroyers
  • 16 Yūbari-class destroyers
  • 6 Akizuki-class destroyers
  • 23 post-Akizuki-class destroyers
  • 30 improved Matsu-class destroyer escorts
  • 3 Rishiri-class amphibious warfare ships
  • 8 nuclear attack submarines I-1 to I-8
  • 20 diesel-electric submarines I-9 to I-28
  • 6 Mashu-class replenishment ships
  • 2 new training vessels
  • 4 intelligence ships
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Nihon Kūgun (Japanese Air Force)

 

The Nihon Kūgun is the independent aviation service of the Nihongun, tasked with defending the Japanese airspace and contesting enemy air dominance, ideally securing air supremacy over battlespace to support troops on the ground. The Nihon Kūgun operates from a plentitude of air bases throughout the Japanese nation and is not only tasked with the handling of most land-based aircraft, but also with the Japanese Aerospace Defence System1 of fixed anti-air missile systems, ballistic missile defense and long-range AA/ABM radar observation. The Kūgun does however control neither maritime patrol missions (part of the Kaigun Kōkūtai), nor mobile AA systems (part of the Nihon Rikugun).

 

In order to defend the Japanese airspace, the Nihon Kūgun is structured into three Area Air Command:

  • Northern Area Air Command (Hokubu Kōkū Homentai, based Sapporo, Hokkaido)
  • Central Area Air Command (Chūbu Kōkū Homentai, based Iruma, Saitama)
  • Western Area Air Command (Seibu Kōkū Homentai, based Kasuga, Fukuoka)

There also exists the Kechua Air Command (Kechua Kōkūtai) which is tasked with defending Minami-Kechua.

 

The inventory of the Nihon Kūgun includes the following aircraft:

  • 240 F-2A multirole fighter
  • 36 F-2B two-seat trainer aircraft
  • 360 F-15J Kai air superiority fighter
  • 36 F-15DJ two-seat training aircraft
  • 60 F-4R multirole fighter
  • 50 C-2 tactical/strategic airlift
  • 12 KC-767J aerial refueling aircraft
  • 24 E-767 AEW&C aircraft
  • 200 T-4 trainer aircraft
  • 180 T-7 trainer aircraft
  • 24 B-1 strategic bomber aircraft

For the near future, the Nihon Kūgun plans to keep its 4th generation fighter aircraft out of budgetary considerations, though mid-life updates are considered, to keep them as an effective fighting force. Despite already limited use of 5th generation F-4R fighter aircraft2, TRDI is working on increasing the number of high-end fighter aircraft in its arsenal. This includes the Mitsubishi XF-3 air superiority fighter, which is already older than the F-4 as a project and now in testing, but it also includes a new project by a Mitsubishi/Kawasaki cooperation, Shinonono Design Bureau. This highly classified project would for now be referred to only as F-3B in high-level government and military correspondence, though the name XF-5 has been used by technical engineers working on the aircraft.

 

The B-1 currently in use is organised into two squadrons, stationed in Hokkaido (Kurousagi squadron) and Kyushu (Kuroneko squadron). Alltogether, they form the Strategic Air Command. The bomber force is planned to be doubled in the future, with upgrades to future and existing units, in order to improve survivability in highly contested airspace.

 

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The First Fleet leaves port in Cartagena, to steam for the central Atlantic and rendez-vous with Second Fleet off the Brazilean Coast. Both fleets are planned to be united to the new First Fleet under command of Admiral Nishi. The new united force would then conduct naval exercises off Trindade island, with the PLAN receiving an official notification of the impending activities.

 

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1The air Defense System is a basic air defense system, without ADN wonder. It does however include the SDI.

 

2The F-4R can be considered a land-based version of the F-4. It does away with the tail-hook and has a slightly higher range, due to being lighter, but overall it is the same. I have not updated the F-4 description yet, however as the aircraft basically is feasable with my new tech level, I'll just drop the .5 and it is just 5th gen. Electronics are a slightly better F-35, the stealth aspect isn't even as good as the F-22 and the engines should be finished by my tech range, which I think is 2018 or something.

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Near Tsugaru Strait, the first battleships, currently still under the designation of Project 01 would conduct sea trials and first maneuvers, with official christening and commission planned at the end of the year.

 

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On testing grounds in Aomori Prefecture, TRDI would test a new type of gun system, operating on the ETC technology that was already in widespread use throughout other highly-developed militaries worldwide. While the technology was not a major difficulty to reproduce, the financing and transition had up to now been problematic, as the limited funds of the Renpōgun did not but much priority on further development of armoured vehicles, instead focusing the scarce ressources in aircraft and naval development. The Nihon Rikugun now plans to test the new system and possibly gradually replace old tank guns with the new technology. Further developments of what is currently named the 5th Year Type gun system (after getting most likely introduced in the 5th year of the Genka era) are considered, as the nation looks into improving its land forces, in the face of the South american War having shown that ground forces were still a very important factor in overseas intervention.

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With a thundering roar, HIMJS Mutsu fired a salvo, as she was commissioned. Showing off the firepower which was unrivaled by any other Japanese ship in service with the Nihon Kaigun, Mutsu is the first battleship of the Nihon Kaigun. Ordered before Japanese unification, the ship is named after Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region, the center of the historic movement that had brought to Imperial attention the matter of home rule. The ship is the first of two ships, with the second being finished in a few months.

 

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