05.01.2025, 11:37
Das kommende Verteidigungsbudget Japans wird bei über 55 Mrd. Dollar liegen:
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Zitat:Japan Approves 9.4 Percent Increase in Defense Spending for FY2025https://thediplomat.com/2024/12/japan-ap...or-fy2025/
For the 11th year in a row, the budget draft set a new record for national defense spending as Japan continues to pursue its Defense Buildup Program. [...]
On December 27, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru approved 8.7 trillion yen ($55.1 billion) in defense spending for fiscal year 2025, starting in April, amid what Tokyo calls “the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II.”
Including U.S. Forces realignment-related expenses allocated for mitigating impacts on local communities, the draft budget will rise by 9.4 percent, or $4.8 billion, from the current fiscal year. This marked another record figure for the 11th year in a row for Japan’s national defense budget. [...]
The budget plan continues to list seven key pillars of “necessary efforts to drastically strengthen Japan’s defense capabilities.”
Those are: (1) “stand-off defense capabilities,” such as mass production of longer-range missiles; (2) “comprehensive air and missile defense capabilities” to respond to increasingly diverse and complex airborne threats, including missiles; (3) “unmanned asset defense capabilities,” such as the use of drones; (4) “cross-domain operational capabilities” in space, cyberspace, and electromagnetic domains; (5) “command and control and intelligence-related functions”; (6) “maneuvering and deployment capability” to send troops and supplies to the front line of a conflict; and (7) “sustainability and resiliency.”
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