The Japanese government made the following answers on the 24th about the questions about the "enemy base attack ability" submitted by the Tokyo Shimbun.
In fact, this is the same as the conventional government view.
The "aggressive weapon" here refers only to a narrow area that satisfies all long prerequisites, which is used only for the catastrophic destruction of the partner country's land.
In a nutshell, it is a "long -range nuclear weapon."The government does not want to say that directly, so he uses a distant wording on purpose.
It does not hold "aggressive weapons" that satisfies all of these conditions, that is, it is equivalent to holding long -range warheads.In addition, it can also mean that short -range nuclear weapons can be owned in their own country.
Prime Minister Kishida's answer, which gave a traditional government view of the two paths, is the same as saying nothing about "enemy base attack ability".Kishida's answer was that he just answered, "I have no idea to own long -range nuclear weapons."
For example, the "high -speed glide bullet for island defense" currently under development by the Self -Defense Forces is a virtually ultra -super -speed glide missile, a weapon that has the same tactical value as a ballistic missile, but the range of this is a medium -range range.Even if it extends, it is usually a constitutional warhead.
Even if the cruising range of the next fighter (tentative name F-3) is extended, it will not be a long-distance strategic bomber, so it is a constitution.The word "strategy" of a long -range strategic bomber after World War II means that it can transport nuclear bomb bullets.
The renovation of the so-called "light aircraft carrier", which is equipped with an F-35B vertical detachment and landing fighter on the "Izumo" helicopter destroyer, is clearly a constitution because it is not an attack-type aircraft carrier.It is not usually called a small light aircraft carrier a attack -type carrier.
Moreover, the Japanese government will not recognize the aircraft carrier as an attack -type carrier unless a "nuclear attack aircraft" is posted.Other than that, it does not fall under the condition of "attack weapons used only for the catastrophic destruction of the other country's land" for its performance.
"Bomb with extremely large destructive power" means "bomb of mass destruction weapons".It can only be interpreted as a nuclear bomb.It can be said that it is a very political valid.The Japanese government has been explaining this explanation for decades.
The only existence that can be called "nuclear attack -type aircraft carrier" is only a phantom carrier "United State", which was canceled in 1949 in the United States Navy in 1949, (a huge nuclear attack aircraft installed).The dedicated design was set, and those that do not already exist from the beginning are set as unacceptable weapons in Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution.In other words, there is no line drawing.
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