The Tools of Owatatsumi: Japan's Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Capabilities

Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities - underwater, shore-based and airborne - are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which the...

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Main Author: Ball, Desmond (auth)
Other Authors: Tanter, Richard (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: ANU Press 2015
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Summary:Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities - underwater, shore-based and airborne - are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which there is little strategic analysis in publicly available literature.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (134 p.)
ISBN:OAPEN_515942
Access:Open Access